[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
c6 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Bh4 h6 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15.
hxg3 Nb6 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Nf4 Nd6 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. b4 Bf5 21. Bxf5
Nxf5 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. a4 Nd7 24. Ned3 g6 25. Rab1 Kg7 26. Nc5 Rb8 27. Nfd3 Nc4
28. Qc3 Nf6 29. Ne5 Nd6 30. Qd3 Nfe4 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Rbc1 h5 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34.
Qe2 Qe7 35. Rb2 Nd6 36. Qf3 Qf6 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rb3 Kg7 39. Rbc3 f6 40. Nd3
Re7 41. Nc5 Ra8 42. Rb3 g5 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Rc2 Rh8 45. Ke2 h4 46. gxh4 Rxh4 47.
Rd3 Nf5 48. Rcd2 Rh2 49. Kf1 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Rb1 51. Rb3 Rg1 52. g3 Rg2 53. Kd1 Nd6
54. Re2 Rh7 55. Kc2 Rhh2 56. Nd3 Ne4 57. g4 Nxf2 58. Nxf2 Rxf2 59. Rxf2 Rxf2+
60. Kd3 Ra2 61. b5 Rxa4 62. bxc6 bxc6 63. Rc3 Rc4 64. Ra3 c5 65. Rxa6 cxd4 66.
exd4 Rc1 67. Rd6 Rg1 68. Rxd5 Rxg4 69. Rd8 Rg1 70. d5 Kf5 71. Kd4 Rd1+ 72. Kc5
g4 73. Rg8 Ke5 74. Re8+ Kf4 75. d6 g3 76. Kc6 g2 77. Rg8 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. Bh6 e5 12. Ne2 f6 13. Nh2 g5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. a3
Be6 16. b4 Qd6 17. Qc3 h5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rfb1 Rab8 21. Nf1 Rb6
22. Nd2 Reb8 23. Nc3 Ne8 24. Na4 Rxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Nxb1 c4 27. Nc5 cxd3
28. cxd3 Kf7 29. f3 Bc8 30. Kf2 Nc7 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Ncb3 Be6 34. a4
Na6 35. d4 Nb4 36. dxe5+ fxe5 37. Na5 Nc2+ 38. Ke2 Kc5 39. Nb7+ Kb4 40. Nd8 Nd4+
41. Kd3 Ba2 42. h4 c5 43. hxg5 c4+ 44. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 45. Ke3 Kc5 46. f4 exf4+ 47.
Kxf4 Kd6 48. g6 Ke7 49. Nb7 Kf6 50. Nd6 Ne6+ 51. Ke3 Bb3 52. a5 Kxg6 53. a6 Kg5
54. Nb5 Bc4 55. Nxa7 Bxa6 56. Nc6 Kg4 57. Kf2 Bb7 58. Ne5+ Kf4 59. Ng6+ Kg5 60.
Ne5 Bxe4 61. Kg3 Nd4 62. Kh3 Ne2 63. g3 Bf5+ 64. Kh2 Bg4 65. Nf7+ Kf6 66. Nd6
Nc3 67. Kg2 Nd5 68. Kf2 Ke5 69. Nf7+ Ke6 70. Nd8+ Kf6 71. Nc6 Ne7 72. Nd4 Ke5
73. Nc2 Nf5 74. Ne1 Ke4 75. Ng2 Nd6 76. Nf4 Kd4 77. Ng6 Ne4+ 78. Kg2 Ke3 79. Ne5
Ke2 80. Ng6 Bf3+ 81. Kh3 Kf2 82. Nf4 Bg4+ 83. Kh4 Nxg3 84. Nxh5 Bxh5 85. Kg5 Kf3
86. Kf6 Kf4 87. Ke6 Ne4 88. Kd5 Be2 89. Kd4 Bf1 90. Kd5 Ke3 91. Ke5 Bd3 92. Kd5
Nd2 93. Ke5 Be4 94. Kd6 Kd4 95. Ke6 Nc4 96. Kf6 Ne3 97. Ke6 Nd5 98. Kd6 Bf5 99.
Kc6 Ke5 100. Kc5 Bd3 101. Kc6 Nf6 102. Kc5 Nd7+ 103. Kc6 Ke6 104. Kc7 Be4 105.
Kd8 Kd6 106. Ke8 Ne5 107. Kf8 Ke6 108. Kg7 Nf7 109. Kg8 Kf6 110. Kf8 Bc6 111.
Kg8 Ne5 112. Kh7 Be4+ 113. Kh6 Nf7+ 114. Kh5 Kf5 115. Kh4 Bf3 116. Kg3 Ke4 117.
Kh4 Kf4 118. Kh3 Nd6 119. Kh4 Nf5+ 120. Kh3 Ne3 121. Kh4 Ng2+ 122. Kh3 Be4 123.
Kh2 Kf3 124. Kh3 Bf5+ 125. Kh2 Kf2 126. Kh1 Kg3 127. Kg1 Bd3 128. Kh1 Nf4 129.
Kg1 Nh3+ 130. Kh1 Be4# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. e3
c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bh4 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Qb8 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ne8 15.
Rab1 Nd6 16. Na4 Re8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ne4 19. b4 Bd7 20. a4 Qd8 21. Qb2 Qf6
22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Nd4 g6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 h5 26. Ra1 Rec8 27. f3 Ne8 28. Rcb1
Ng7 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Kc3 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Kd4 Ra7 33. Ra3 Rh8 34. Rh1 Rb8
35. Rb3 Kf6 36. Rhb1 Bf5 37. Bxf5 Kxf5 38. Rh1 Re8 39. Rh4 Kg5 40. Rb1 Raa8 41.
Rhh1 Re7 42. Rb3 Kf5 43. Rh4 Kg5 44. Rh1 Kf5 45. Rh4 Kg5 46. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Qb6 7. Bf1 d6 8. h3
Nd7 9. Na3 Nde5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. a4 Be6 15.
Qc2 Rac8 16. g3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. f4 Qc7 21. Qf2
exf4 22. gxf4 Bd7 23. Kh1 Na5 24. Nxa5 bxa5 25. Ra1 Be8 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Qc2
28. Re2 Qb3 29. d5 Bxa4 30. Bd4 Bb5 31. Rd2 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 a4 33. Qxa7 Qb4 34.
Qe3 Rc4 35. Kh2 Rdc8 36. Rad1 Rc2 37. e5 Qb3 38. Qxb3 axb3 39. d6 exd6 40. exd6
Be2 41. Rxc2 bxc2 42. Rc1 Bd3 43. d7 Rd8 44. Bc6 Bf5 45. Ba4 Bxd7 46. Bxd7 Rxd7
47. Rxc2 Rd4 48. Kg3 Rd3+ 49. Kg2 Rb3 50. f5 Kg7 51. fxg6 hxg6 52. Rd2 f5 53. h4
Kh6 54. Kh2 Kh5 55. Rg2 Rb4 56. Rg5+ Kh6 57. Kh3 Rb3+ 58. Rg3 Rxb2 59. Rg5 Rb3+
60. Kh2 Rb4 61. Kh3 Ra4 62. Kg3 Ra1 63. Kg2 Ra8 64. Kg3 Ra6 65. Kf2 Re6 66. Kg3
Re4 67. Kh3 Rd4 68. Kg3 Rd1 69. Kg2 Rc1 70. Kh2 Rc3 71. Kg2 f4 72. Rg4 Rc4 73.
Kf3 Kh5 74. Rg5+ Kxh4 75. Rxg6 Kh5 76. Rg8 Kh6 77. Rg4 Kh5 78. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 79.
Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 e6 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2 b6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qd2 Ba4 13. h4 Nc6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
O-O O-O-O 16. g3 f5 17. Kg2 Rdg8 18. Rbc1 g6 19. Qg5 Qf8 20. Rh1 h6 21. Qd2 Rh7
22. Rcg1 Rf7 23. Qc1 Kb7 24. Rh2 Nd8 25. Kh1 Be8 26. Qd2 Rh8 27. Ne1 Qa3 28. Ng2
Qxa2 29. Qc1 Rfh7 30. Nf4 g5 31. Nh5 Bxh5 32. Bxh5 g4 33. f3 gxf3 34. Bxf3 Rg7
35. Rhg2 h5 36. Kh2 Nf7 37. Qd1 Qa3 38. Qd2 Nh6 39. Bxh5 Ng4+ 40. Bxg4 Rxg4 41.
Rf2 Qe7 42. Kh1 Qg7 43. Qe3 Rhxh4+ 44. Kg2 f4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Qb6 7. Bf1 d6 8. h3
Nd7 9. Na3 Nde5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. d3 b6
15. Be3 Be6 16. g3 Rfd8 17. f4 Rd7 18. Kh2 Rbd8 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Kg2 Bg7 21. Rf1
exf4 22. gxf4 f5 23. e5 Bh6 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. h4 Kf7 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Rg3 Nd8 28.
Rh3 Ne6 29. Kg3 Bc6 30. Nd2 Rgd8 31. Nf3 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd3 33. Kf2 a5 34. Ng5+
Bxg5 35. hxg5 Nxf4 36. Rxh7+ Ke6 37. Bxf4 Rf3+ 38. Ke2 Rxf4 39. Rg7 Kxe5 40.
Rxe7+ Kd6 41. Rg7 Be4 42. Rd1+ Ke6 43. Rxg6+ Ke5 44. Rdd6 Rg4 45. Rxb6 Kf4 46.
Rg8 Rg2+ 47. Kd1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Bb6 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. h3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Qc1 dxe4 15. dxe4
Bxb3 16. axb3 Kh7 17. Nf5 Ng8 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Rd6 Qxb3 21. Ra3 Qc4
22. b3 Qxe4 23. Ng3 Nf4 24. Nxe4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Be3 f5 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Ng3 f4 31. Ne4 Kg6 32. Nxe5+ Kf5 33. Nf7 Rd1+ 34.
Ke2 Rg1 35. Nfd6+ Ke5 36. Ra8 Nf6 37. Nxf6 gxf6 38. Nc4+ Kf5 39. Rg8 b5 40. Nd2
Rc1 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 h5 43. g4+ fxg3 44. Rxg3 b5 45. cxb5 cxb5 46. Rb3 Rc5
47. Rb4 Kg6 48. h4 Rd5 49. Nf3 Rc5 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Rf4+ Ke6 52. Rb4 Kd5 53. Kd3
Kc6 54. Rf4 Rd5+ 55. Ke3 Kc5 56. Rxf6 b4 57. Rf8 Kc4 58. Rc8+ Kb3 59. Nd4+ Kb2
60. Ke4 Rd7 61. f4 Re7+ 62. Kd5 b3 63. Rb8 Rd7+ 64. Ke4 Kc3 65. Rxb3+ Kc4 66.
Ne6 Rd6 67. Rg3 Rxe6+ 68. Kf5 Re8 69. Rg5 Rf8+ 70. Ke4 Re8+ 71. Re5 Rd8 72. Kf5
Kd4 73. Kg5 Rf8 74. Re7 Kd5 75. Re5+ Kd6 76. Re4 Rg8+ 77. Kxh5 Rh8+ 78. Kg5 Rg8+
79. Kf6 Rf8+ 80. Kg6 Rg8+ 81. Kf7 Rh8 82. f5 Kd5 83. Re1 Rxh4 84. f6 Rh2 85. Kg7
Rg2+ 86. Kf8 Kd6 87. f7 Kd7 88. Rd1+ Kc6 89. Rd4 Kc5 90. Rh4 Kd6 91. Rh7 Ke6 92.
Rg7 Rf2 93. Kg8 Rf1 94. f8=Q Rxf8+ 95. Kxf8 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 e5 11. Nh2 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nh5 15.
f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qb2 19. Nf3 Qxa2 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qb2 22. Nxc6 Rd7 23. Rb1 Qg7 24. Qf4 a5 25. Ne5 Rde7 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4
Qc3 28. Rxb6 Qxc2 29. Rb8 Qa4 30. Qd6 Rxb8 31. Qxe7 Qe8 32. Qxc5 a4 33. Ra1 Rb3
34. Qd5 Qb8 35. c5 a3 36. c6 Rc3 37. Qd7 Qb2 38. Rf1 Qb3 39. c7 Qe6 40. Qd8+ Kg7
41. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. a4 Ne7 14. Ra2 Nh5 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qg6 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. d4 Nc6 19. Rb2 exd4 20. cxd4 a5 21. bxa5
Nxa5 22. Rc3 Rf7 23. Qc2 c6 24. Qc1 Rff8 25. h3 Qf6 26. Kh2 Ng6 27. Nh5 Qe7 28.
Kg1 e5 29. Ng3 exd4 30. Nxd4 Qe5 31. Ndf5 d5 32. Rc5 Nf4 33. Rb4 Nd3 34. Qd2
Nxc5 35. exd5 Rxf5 36. Nxf5 Qxf5 37. d6 Nd7 38. Rg4 Qd5 39. Qxh6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 Qb6 7. Bf1 d6 8. Na3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. d3 Nd7 12. Qd1 Rab8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. a4 Rfd8 15.
Be3 Nf6 16. Nd2 a6 17. d4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. d5 Ne5 20. Qc2 c4 21. Ra7 Rb7 22.
Rea1 Ned7 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Rdb8 25. Rxb7 Qxb7 26. Ra5 Qc7 27. Rxb5 Rc8 28.
c4 Qd8 29. Qb4 Ne8 30. Nb3 Ra8 31. c5 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Nd6 34. g3 Ra1
35. Kg2 Qa8 36. Bd3 Ra4 37. Qb3 Ra3 38. Qd1 Bf6 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Bf4 Bd4 41. e5
Ne8 42. Bxg6 Qa7 43. Bxf7 Kxf7 44. Qh5+ Kf8 45. Rc8 Qd7 46. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Bxc6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 bxc6 14. Rg1 d4
15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qxc6 dxe3 17. Qxd6 exf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rxd6 19. Bxe5 Re6 20. d4 g6
21. Rc7 Nd5 22. Rxa7 f6 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. Re1 Rc2+ 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 f5 27.
Be5 f4 28. Rg7+ Kf8 29. Rd7 Ne3 30. Bxf4 Ng2+ 31. Kd1 Rxa2 32. Bh6+ Ke8 33. Rxh7
Nh4 34. d5 Ra5 35. Bd2 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 Nf5 37. Kd3 Rb1 38. Kc4 Rd1 39. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 e5 12. Ndc2 Rd8 13. Qc1 Nc6 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Qb2 Qe7 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Nb5 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxa2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxb7 a6 26. Ra7 Bc4 27.
Bf3 g6 28. h4 h5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. e3 Rd6 31. Rc7 Bd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Ra7 a5 34.
e4 Re5 35. Kf3 Rb5 36. Ke3 Rb3+ 37. Kf4 Rb2 38. f3 Rb5 39. g4 hxg4 40. fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 Re8 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 b5 16. Bf5 g6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. e4 c4 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. h4 Rac8 21. h5 b4
22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rcd1 c3 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. d6 Rcd8 27. Qa4 a5 28.
hxg6 hxg6 29. Re3 Re6 30. Rd5 Qf4 31. g3 Qg4 32. Qc6 Rxe4 33. Re5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5
Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qxd6 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Rxa5 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Ndc4 Bf8 12. Bg5 c6 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Rc1 Qe6 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Qb3 Qf6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bf3 h4 21. Nb4 Rac8
22. Bg4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Red8 24. Qa4 Bxb4 25. axb4 a6 26. Qc2 g6 27. Kg2 Qe7 28.
Qd2 f5 29. Bf3 Nf6 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Rch1 Rxh4 33. Rxh4 Kf7 34. Nc2
Rg8 35. Rh6 g5 36. Ne3 Bc8 37. Kg1 Rg6 38. Bh5 Nxh5 39. Rxh5 f4 40. Rh7+ Rg7 41.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Ng2 f3 44. exf3 Be6 45. Qf4 Qxb4 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47.
Nf4 Bd7 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qg5+ Ke8 50. Ng6 a5 51. Kg2 Be6 52. Qf6 Qd6 53. Ne5
Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bb5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nfd4 e5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 exf4 14. Bxa8
Ba6 15. Bxd5 fxe3 16. Bf3 Ne4 17. Be2 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qe3 19. Qf1 Nxf2 20. Bxa6
Ng4+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Qe2 Qh6 23. g3 Bxg3 24. Rg1 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Qh3+ 26. Kf3 Bh4+
27. Rg3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Bd3 Qh5 31. c6 Rc8 32. Kg1 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. Qg5 Nxc4 14. Bxd4
O-O 15. e4 h6 16. Qh4 Nd2 17. Be2 Nfxe4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2004887"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 a6 11. b4 f5 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 e4 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. d3
exd3 16. exd3 f4 17. Ned5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Nf5 19. b5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Bxb2 21. Rxb2
Kh8 22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qf6 24. Kg2 Rce8 25. Be4 Ne5 26. Nc7 Nxc4 27. Nxe8
Nfe3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. Nxf6 Nfxd2 30. dxc4 Nxc4 31. Rb4 b5 32. Nd5 Rb8 33. Bd3
Ne5 34. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2004887"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Na3 c6 9. O-O a5 10. Rfc1 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Qb2 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4
15. cxd5 exd5 16. f4 f6 17. Bf3 Ne3 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nc2 Re8 20. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 21.
Kg2 c5 22. Rd1 Rd6 23. Rd3 Qe7 24. Re1 d4 25. e4 dxe3 26. Rdxe3 Bxf3+ 27. Kxf3
Qb7+ 28. Kf2 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qh1 30. Re2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Rc1 Rd8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd7 15.
Ne4 Qf5 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Qc2 Bxc5 19. Be4 Qd6 20. Qxc5 Rbc8 21. h4 f5
22. Bb1 Bh5 23. Ba2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Kh8 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc5 g6 27. Rdc1 Kg7 28.
Bb3 Kf6 29. Ba4 Rb8 30. b4 g5 31. hxg5+ hxg5 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 a5 34. bxa5
Ra8 35. Rxc7 Rxa5 36. Rh7 Rxa3 37. Rcc7 Kg6 38. Rcg7+ Kf6 39. Rg8 f4 40. e4 Rxd4
41. Kg2 Rdd3 42. Rh6+ Kf7 43. Rxg5 Rxf3 44. Rgg6 Rfd3 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rhg6+ Kh7
47. Rxe6 Rd4 48. Rgf6 Kg7 49. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O a6 7. Bc4 d5 8. exd6
Nxd6 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 Bg5 14. Bg3 Qd7 15.
Nd2 Rae8 16. Nc4 Ne4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe4 Nc6 19. Qf3 Re7 20. Bd5 Rfe8 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Qd3 c5 23. Qxa6 h5 24. Qc4 h4 25. Bh2 Qf5 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. a4 Re2 28.
Rf1 Rd2 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxc2 31. Bxc7 Rxb2 32. a5 d3 33. a6 Ra8 34. a7 c4
35. Be5 Rb7 36. f4 Bf6 37. Bxf6 gxf6 38. Ra4 c3 39. Rd4 d2 40. Rc4 Rb3 41. Ra1
Rxa7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. h4 a5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 a4 12. g4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Rg1 b5 15.
a3 Bf8 16. h5 c5 17. Nh4 h6 18. Nf5 Be6 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. Kg2 c4 21. dxc4 Bxc4 22.
Qe3 Red8 23. Rgd1 Be6 24. Ba5 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Qb6 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rd4 28.
Qxb5 Kh8 29. Bc3 Rd1 30. Qxb7 Rad8 31. Qc6 Rc1 32. Qxa4 Bc5 33. Qc4 Bd4 34. Bd2
Rd1 35. Ba5 Rb8 36. c3 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 Rxb2+ 38. Kf3 Rh1 39. Qf7 Rh3+ 40. Kg4 Re3
41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. e3 Bxg3 8. hxg3
Qe7 9. Qc2 Rd8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Nb5 Qb6
15. Nbd4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Rac8 18. a3 Kf8 19. Rac1 Ke7 20. Rfd1 Bg4 21.
Nc5 Ne5 22. Be2 b6 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Nd4
Bd7 28. f3 h5 29. Kf2 g6 30. b4 Ne8 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Nd6 33. Bd3 Kf6 34. Ke3
Ke5 35. Be2 Kd5 36. Nc2 Ba4 37. Nd4 Nc4+ 38. Bxc4+ Kxc4 39. f4 Bd7 40. Ke4 a5
41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Ke5 a4 43. Ke4 f6 44. Ke3 Bc8 45. Nc6 Kb3 46. Kd4 Kxa3 47. Kc3
Bb7 48. Ne7 g5 49. f5 Bxg2 50. Ng8 h4 51. gxh4 gxh4 52. Nxf6 Bh3 53. Ne4 Bxf5
54. Ng5 h3 55. Nf3 Bg4 56. Nh2 Be2 57. Kc2 Ka2 58. Kc1 Kb3 59. Kb1 Kc3 60. Ka2
Kd3 61. Ka3 Ke3 62. Kxa4 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Ne5 b6 10. f4 Ba6 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. g4 Rac8 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Ndf3 f6 15.
Nxc6 Rxc6 16. g5 f5 17. Kf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. Ba4 R6c7 20. Qd2 Bb5 21. Bb3
a5 22. Rgc1 Bc4 23. Bd1 Ba6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. a3 Bb5 26. a4 Ba6 27. b4 axb4 28.
Qxb4 Nf8 29. a5 bxa5 30. Qxa5 Bd3 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Ne5 Be4 33. Ra8 g6 34. Ba4
Kg7 35. Bc6 Re7 36. h4 Rc7 37. Ke1 Re7 38. Kd2 Rc7 39. Kc3 Nd7 40. Nxd7 Rxc6+
41. Nc5 Rb6 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Nd7 Rb1 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nxh7+ Ke8 46. Nf6+ Kd8 47.
h5 gxh5 48. g6 Rg1 49. g7 h4 50. g8=Q+ Rxg8 51. Nxg8 h3 52. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
Bg4 16. d5 Nc4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd7 19. b3 Ncb6 20. Kh2 g6 21. Rb1 Qh4 22.
Be3 Bg7 23. f4 Rac8 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Qf3 c4 26. b4 c3 27. e5 dxe5 28. f5 e4 29.
Nxe4 Ne5 30. Qg2 Nxd5 31. Nd6 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rcd8 33. Rbd1 Rf8 34. fxg6 fxg6 35.
Rgf1 Rxf1 36. Qxf1 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nc6 6. h5 Bg7 7. d4 Bf5 8. Rh4
Bf6 9. g4 Bxh4 10. gxf5 Bf6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 gxf5 13. e5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1+
15. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 16. Kc2 Rhg8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Rd6 19. Ba3 Kd7 20. Re1 Rg4 21.
Bxd6 Rxc4 22. Bg3 b5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxe6 Nb4+ 25. Kb3 Nd5 26. Re5 f4 27. Rxd5+
Kxe6 28. Rxb5 fxg3 29. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h5 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Re1 Bh6 14. Nc4
Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Rhe8 16. Kg2 Nb8 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Bd1 Nb6 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Bb3 Re7
21. c4 Nbd7 22. c5 Nb8 23. Nc4 Rd4 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nxf7 Rxb4 26. Red1+ Kc6 27.
a4 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 g5 29. Rd8 Nbd7 30. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Qe2 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qc4+ Be6 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Qxe6 Qd4 14. Qb3
b6 15. e6 Nf4 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Nc3 Nxg2 18. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 e5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Ngf6 7. c4 c6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 e4 10. Qg3 a6 11. Be2 Qb8 12. f4 exf3 13. Qxf3 Qe5 14. O-O-O Qe6 15.
g4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Bc4 Qxg4 21. hxg4
Be5 22. g6 hxg6 23. Rh3 Rxc4 24. bxc4 f6 25. Ba3 Rc8 26. Rdh1 Rxc4 27. Rh8+ Kf7
28. Rd8 Rc7 29. Rhh8 g5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 g6 32. Kc2 f5 33. Kd1 fxg4 34. Ke2
g3 35. Kf1 Nf6 36. Bb4 Nh5 37. Bc3 Bd6 38. Rd8 Ke6 39. Re8+ Kf5 40. Kg2 b5 41.
Ra8 b4 42. Bd4 Nf4+ 43. Kxg3 Nd3+ 44. Kg2 Ne1+ 45. Kf1 Nf3 46. Rxa6 Bg3 47. Kg2
Be1 48. Rf6+ Kg4 49. Bc5 Bxd2 50. Rb6 Kf5 51. Rb5 Kg4 52. Bxb4 Bxe3 53. a4 Nh4+
54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Bc5 Nf5 56. a5 Bd2 57. a6 Ng3+ 58. Kg1 Ne2+ 59. Kh1 g4 60. Rb3+
e3 61. a7 Ng3+ 62. Kh2 Kf2 63. Rb1 Nf1+ 64. Rxf1+ Kxf1 65. a8=Q Ke2 66. Kg2 Kd3
67. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Nf6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 Bd8 12. Qc2 g6 13. h3 h5 14. O-O-O h4 15. g4
hxg3 16. fxg3 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nbd7 21. g5
Ng8 22. Bg4 O-O-O 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Rh7 Ne7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Kd8 27. Qe6 Nf8
28. Qf6 Ke8 29. Qf2 b6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. e4 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Nd5 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34.
Qxf6 c5 35. Bf3 cxd4+ 36. Bc6+ Nd7 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Qe2 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O
9. d3 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Na3 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Qd2 g5 15. b4 cxb4
16. cxb4 Ne7 17. Bb3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2 Ng6 20. Ra7 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22.
Rea1 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Qe2 d5 25. Ng5 hxg5 26. Qxg4 dxe4 27. Bxg5 Qxd3 28.
Ne3 Rbe8 29. Nf5 Qc4 30. Bh6 Bh8 31. Be3 Rf6 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Geller variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Rc1 d5 13. b3 Nd6 14. g5 Bd7 15.
Bd3 Rc8 16. Kf1 b4 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Be7 19. Qb2 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Rxh7
Rxh7 22. Bxh7 e5 23. Bh6 Bf5 24. Bg8 Nf7 25. Bg7 Qc6 26. Qd2 d4 27. Ng1 d3 28.
f3 Qc3 29. Ke1 Bc5 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bh6 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Nh3 Qa1+ 34. Kf2
Qh1 35. Nf4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. bxc5 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. d3 Bxc5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nc2 Rd8 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Rb1 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rb5 Rd7 19. Rd5 Rad8 20. Nxd4 Rxd5
21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. e3 h5 25. h4 Rd2 26. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Qc2
cxd4 15. Rxd4 h6 16. Bf4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Rad1 Bb5
21. b3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 c5 24. h3 Rb4 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rd7 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rc1 c4 29. Rd4 Ra8 30. Rdxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Rxa2 32. c5 Ra7 33. Kh2
Rc7 34. c6 Kg7 35. Kg3 f5 36. Kh4 Kg6 37. Rc3 e5 38. Rc5 f4 39. Rxe5 Rxc6 40.
Kg4 Rc2 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. Rd5 Kg7 43. Rd4 Rb2 44. Rxf4 Ra2 45. Kg3 Ra3+ 46. Kg4
Ra2 47. h4 Rb2 48. Rf5 Rb4+ 49. Kh5 Rb2 50. g4 Rb6 51. f4 f6 52. Rc5 Rb7 53. Ra5
Rc7 54. Rb5 Ra7 55. f5 Rc7 56. Rb6 Ra7 57. Re6 Rb7 58. Re2 Ra7 59. Rc2 Rb7 60.
Rc4 Ra7 61. Rc6 Rb7 62. Ra6 Rc7 63. g5 hxg5 64. hxg5 fxg5 65. Kxg5 Rb7 66. Rh6
Rb1 67. f6+ Kf7 68. Rh7+ Kf8 69. Ra7 Rg1+ 70. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qb3 Bb6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. b3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 h5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nh7 20. Be3 b5 21. Rad1 Qg6
22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Bd4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Rxe4 26. Ba1 h4 27. Qd3 Ng5 28.
Rd2 Qe6 29. g4 Rxg4+ 30. hxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kh1 Nf3 32. Qd7 Qf4 33. Kg2 Nxd2 34. Re1
Qf3+ 35. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Rc1 O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6
15. Be2 Nf5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Nd6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Rfc8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfc1 Rc7 24. Qd1 g6 25. Bg4 Qe8 26. Bf3 Rcc8 27. Qc2 Nc4
28. Be2 Nd6 29. Bd3 Rc7 30. g3 Rac8 31. Qa4 Qd7 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 Kg7 34. R3c2
Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rc5 Qd6 37. Qc2 Re7 38. h4 Qf6 39. Rxc6 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Rxc6
41. Qxc6 Ra7 42. Qc2 g5 43. hxg5 h4 44. Qd1 hxg3 45. Qxf3 exf3 46. fxg3 Ra2 47.
Rc6 Re2 48. Rf6 Rxe3 49. d5 Rd3 50. d6 Rd2 51. Kf1 f2 52. g4 Kg8 53. g6 fxg6 54.
Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rh6 Kg7 56. Re6 Kf7 57. Rh6 Kg7 58. g5 Kf7 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60. Kg2
Rd5 61. Kxf2 Rxg5 62. Re6 Kf7 63. Rh6 Rd5 64. Ke3 Ke8 65. Ke4 Rd1 66. Ke5 Re1+
67. Kd5 Kd8 68. Rh8+ Kd7 69. Rh7+ Kd8 70. Rh8+ Kd7 71. Rh7+ Kd8 72. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Nb1 Rfc8 14. a3 Bxd2 15.
Nxd2 Qb6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Bd3 Rc3 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Ra2 a5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Bd3 Qb6
22. Bc2 g6 23. Qe2 Kg7 24. Rb1 R8c7 25. Kg2 Nc8 26. b4 Nd6 27. Ne5 Nc4 28. Nxc4
R3xc4 29. Bd3 Rc3 30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. a4 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2
Rc3 35. Bb5 Ne4 36. Rb2 Nd6 37. Be2 Kf8 38. a5 Ra3 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. a6 bxa6 41.
Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Bxa6 h5 43. h4 Kf6 44. Bd3 Ne8 45. Kf3 Nd6 46. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Bh6 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. h4 h5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rh8 18. e6 f6 19. Rhg1 hxg4 20. Qxg4
Rh6 21. h5 Qd6 22. Qf5 Kh8 23. Rxg6 Rh7 24. Rxf6 Rg8 25. Rf8 Rg7 26. h6 Rg2 27.
h7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d3
Be6 9. O-O h6 10. Qe2 c4 11. Nbd2 cxd3 12. Bxd3 O-O-O 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Re1 g5 15.
Bb5 Bg7 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rhe8 18. Qxf7 Re7 19. Qc4 Rc7 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21.
Qa4 Ra6 22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Kb8 25. a3 Qd5 26. Rae1 Re6 27. Qe4 a5
28. a4 Rb6 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. c4 Rd7 31. b3 e4 32. Rxe4 Rxb3 33. h4 gxh4 34. Nxh4
Rb4 35. c5 Bc3 36. R1e2 Rdd4 37. Re8+ Ka7 38. Nf5 Rd5 39. Nd6 Rxc5 40. Nb5+ Ka6
41. R2e6+ Rc6 42. Nc7+ Ka7 43. Ra8+ Kb6 44. Nd5+ Kc5 45. Rxc6+ bxc6 46. Nxc3 Kc4
47. Ne4 Rxa4 48. f3 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 a4 50. Rc8 Kd5 51. Rd8+ Ke5 52. Re8+ Kd4 53.
Re6 c5 54. Rd6+ Ke5 55. Rc6 a3 56. Rxc5+ Kf4 57. Ra5 Ke3 58. Nd6 Kf2 59. f4 Rg1
60. Ne4+ Kf1 61. Ng3+ Kf2 62. Rxa3 Rxg2+ 63. Kh3 Rg1 64. f5 Rb1 65. f6 Rb6 66.
f7 Rb8 67. Ra5 Rf8 68. Rf5+ Ke3 69. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Be6 14. Ng3 Qd7
15. Be3 Re8 16. Qd1 Ne7 17. c4 d5 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. c5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. b4 c6
22. a4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 a6 24. Bf4 Nd7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxc5 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. dxc5 Qe6 30. b6 Qf6 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Ra7 Re7 33. Ra8 Qg7 34. Qd3+
Qg6 35. Qd4 Qg7 36. Qf4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5 38. Kg3 Qg7+ 39. Kh2 Qe5 40. Kg3 Qg7+
41. Qg4 Rc1 42. Rb8 Rxc5 43. Rxb7 Rb5 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. Kf4 d4 46. Ke4 Rb4 47.
g4 c5 48. Kd5 d3 49. Kxc5 Rd4 50. Kxd4 d2 51. Rc7 d1=Q+ 52. Kc5 Qc2+ 53. Kd6
Qd2+ 54. Kc6 Qc2+ 55. Kd7 Qxf2 56. b7 Qb6 57. Kc8 Qa6 58. Kd8 Qd6+ 59. Kc8 Qa6
60. h4 Kg6 61. Kd7 Qb5+ 62. Rc6+ Kg7 63. Kc7 Qe5+ 64. Kc8 Qe8+ 65. Kc7 Qe5+ 66.
Kc8 Qe8+ 67. Kc7 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d3
Bf5 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Re1 Bxd3 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. Qxd3 Rxd3 13. Nbd2 Bd6 14. Ng5
Rf8 15. Nc4 h6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. Bc1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 b5 21.
Ne3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Kf1 c4 24. Nf5 Kd7 25. g4 Ke6 26. Ke2 Ne7 27. Nxe7
Bxe7 28. g5 Ng8 29. gxh6 Nxh6 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Ne1 Bc5 32. Nc2 Kf5 33. Ne1 e4
34. Ng2 Ke5 35. f3 a6 36. fxe4 Kxe4 37. Nh4 Be3 38. Nf3 Bc1 39. b3 Bb2 40. bxc4
bxc4 41. Nd2+ Kd5 42. Nb1 Bc1 43. Kd1 Bg5 44. Ke2 f5 45. Na3 Bf6 46. Nc2 f4 47.
Nb4+ Ke4 48. Nxa6 f3+ 49. Kf2 Bh4+ 50. Kf1 Kd3 51. a4 Kxc3 52. a5 Bd8 53. Kf2
Bxa5 54. Kxf3 Bb6 55. Nb8 Kb3 56. Nd7 c3 57. Ne5 c2 58. Nd3 Kc3 59. Ke2 Bc5 60.
Nc1 Ba3 61. Nd3 Be7 62. Nc1 Bf6 63. Na2+ Kb3 64. Nc1+ Kb2 65. Nd3+ Kb1 66. Ke3
Bc3 67. Ke4 Ka2 68. Nc1+ Kb2 69. Ne2 Kb3 70. Kd3 Bf6 71. Nc1+ Kb2 72. Ne2 Bg5
73. Kc4 Bd2 74. Kd3 Bf4 75. Kd4 Kb3 76. Kd3 Be5 77. Nc1+ Kb2 78. Ne2 Bc3 79. Kc4
h5 80. Kd3 Bg7 81. Kd2 Bh6+ 82. Kd3 Bg5 83. Ke4 Bf6 84. Kd3 Kb3 85. Nc1+ Kb2 86.
Ne2 Bd8 87. Ke4 Bb6 88. Kd3 Bc5 89. Ke4 Kb3 90. Kd3 Bf2 91. Nc1+ Kb2 92. Ne2 Be1
93. Ke4 h4 94. Kd3 Bg3 95. Ke4 Bc7 96. Kd3 Bb6 97. Kd2 Ba5+ 98. Kd3 Bc3 99. Kc4
Bf6 100. Kd3 Bg5 101. Ke4 Bh6 102. Kd3 Kb1 103. Ke4 Bg7 104. Kd3 Kb2 105. Kd2
Kb3 106. Nc1+ Kb2 107. Ne2 Bc3+ 108. Kd3 Ba5 109. Ke4 Bb6 110. Kd3 Bf2 111. Ke4
Be1 112. Kd3 Ba5 113. Ke4 Bb6 114. Kd3 c1=Q 115. Nxc1 Kxc1 116. Ke2 Kc2 117. Kf3
Kd3 118. Kg2 Ke2 119. Kh1 Kf1 120. Kh2 Bg1+ 121. Kh1 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 Nc5 7. Bc4 d6 8.
Qf3 Ne6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 Be5 12. O-O Qh4 13. g3 Qxc4 14. Nd5 Re8
15. c3 Bd7 16. b3 Qa6 17. Nb4 Qa5 18. Bd2 c5 19. Nd5 Bc6 20. Rfe1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Qxb7 Nd4 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rac1 Qa5 26. Red1 Qb6 27. Qd5
Rad8 28. Qxc5 Qb7+ 29. Kh3 Rd5 30. Rxd4 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Qe2
Be6 9. d3 O-O-O 10. O-O c4 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na3 e4 14. dxe4 Qh5 15.
Bf4 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nh2 g5 18. Be3 Bc7 19. f3 g4 20. Qg2 Qh5 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. f4 g3 23. Nf1 Ng4 24. Nxc4 Nxe3 25. Ncxe3 Bxf4 26. Rd1 Rg8 27. Rd5 Ne5
28. Bd1 Qh6 29. Nf5 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Kb8 31. N1xg3 Bxg3 32. Nxg3 Qh6+ 33. Qh2 Qf4
34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Nf5 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rc8 37. Bb3 Rxc3 38. Bxf7 Kc7 39. Bd5 b6
40. Nd4 Rd3 41. Nb5+ Kb8 42. Kg2 a6 43. Nd6 Rd4 44. b5 a5 45. Nc4 Kc7 46. Kf3 h5
47. Kg3 a4 48. Kh4 Rd1 49. Kxh5 Rb1 50. Kg6 Rxb5 51. Kf6 Rb1 52. e5 b5 53. Na3
Rf1+ 54. Ke6 b4 55. Nc2 Rf4 56. Ne3 Kb6 57. Nc4+ Kc5 58. Nd6 Rd4 59. Ne4+ Kb6
60. Nf6 Rd2 61. Kf7 b3 62. Bxb3 axb3 63. axb3 Re2 64. e6 Kc5 65. e7 Rxe7+ 66.
Kxe7 Kb4 67. Ke6 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nf5 g6 8.
Bxb6 axb6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. f3 Qe7 11. c4 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 d6 14. Nc3
Kd8 15. Be2 h5 16. Rhd1 Re8 17. Ke1 Bd7 18. Rac1 Ra5 19. a3 h4 20. Nb5 Ra8 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 h3 23. gxh3 Rh8 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nc3 Rxh3 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ke3
Rxh2 28. Rh1 Rhh8 29. f4 b5 30. Bf3 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Rb8 32. Na2 c5 33. Nc3 c6 34.
Kd2 b4 35. axb4 cxb4 36. Nd1 Ra8 37. Ne3 Ra2 38. Kc2 Ra5 39. Rh8 Be6 40. Rb8 Ra4
41. Rb7+ Kf6 42. Rb6 d5 43. exd5 cxd5 44. Bxd5 b3+ 45. Bxb3 Rd4 46. Kc3 Rd8 47.
Bxe6 fxe6 48. b4 Ra8 49. Kd4 Rd8+ 50. Ke4 Rd2 51. b5 Rb2 52. Ng4+ Ke7 53. Ne5
Rb4+ 54. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "409561"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Bc2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Qe2
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Rd1 h6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 a6 25. a4 b6 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2
Ke8 28. Rh1 Rd5 29. Rh5 Rxh5 30. gxh5 Kd7 31. c4 Bd6 32. g4 Ke6 33. b3 f5 34. f3
Kf6 35. Kd3 a5 36. Bc1 Be5 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Bd2 Be5 39. Bc1 Ke6 40. g5 hxg5 41.
Bxg5 Bc7 42. Ke3 Kd7 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. h6 gxh6 46. Bxh6 Be5 47. Bg5
Kc6 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Kf2 Bc7 50. Kg2 Ke6 51. Kh3 Ke5 52. Be3 f4 53. Bf2 Kf5 54.
Kh4 Bd8+ 55. Kh5 Bg5 56. Be1 Be7 57. Kh6 Bf6 58. Kh7 Be7 59. Kg7 Ke6 60. Kg6 Bd6
61. Bh4 Bc7 62. Bf6 Bd6 63. Bd8 Ke5 64. Bxb6 Kd4 65. Kf5 Kc3 66. Ke6 Bb8 67.
Bxa5+ Kxb3 68. Kd5 Kxa4 69. Bb6 Kb3 70. Bxc5 Kc3 71. Bd4+ Kd3 72. c5 Bc7 73. c6
Bb8 74. Be5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409561"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 Nc5 7. O-O d5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Be2 d4 10. Nb1 Bf5 11. Bg4 Bxg4 12. Qxg4 Qd5 13. Bf4 h5 14. Qg3 Qe4
15. Nd2 Qxc2 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. Rfd1 h4 18. Nxh4 Qe4 19. Qb3 Nxf4 20. Qxb7 Rd8 21.
e6 Nxe6 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Re1 Qd5 24. Qxa7 O-O 25. a4 Ra8 26. Qd7 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5
Ne4 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bc8 13. f4 e6 14. Nf3 b6 15. Ba3
Re8 16. h4 Na5 17. h5 Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. Rf2 a5 20. a3 Nb6 21. Raa2 Na4 22. Rac2
Ra7 23. Bf1 Bd7 24. Rh2 Rc7 25. Bd2 Qe7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ng5 Rec8 28. Qg4 Nxc3
29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rcf2 Qxa3 31. Rh3 Rc1 32. Rh7 Qe3 33. Qh4 Kf8 34. Rxg7 Be8 35.
Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Bc2
Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nge2 e6 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. O-O Qh4 15.
a4 a5 16. b3 Be7 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Nb5 Qe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Ng3 Nd5 21. Nxe4 Bxb5
22. axb5 b6 23. Rfc1 h6 24. Rc4 Rcd8 25. Rc6 Rd7 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Na4 Bd8 28.
Rac1 Kf8 29. Nb2 Nc7 30. Rd6 Ke8 31. Nc4 Nxb5 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Be3 Bc7 34. Kf1
Na7 35. Ke2 Nc6 36. Kd3 Nb4+ 37. Ke4 b5 38. Nb2 f5+ 39. exf6 gxf6 40. g4 h5 41.
Bd2 hxg4 42. hxg4 Nd5 43. Nd3 Bb6 44. Rh1 a4 45. b4 a3 46. Ra1 Ra8 47. Ra2 Bc7
48. Nc5+ Ke7 49. Kd3 Bd6 50. Kc2 e5 51. dxe5 fxe5 52. Kb3 Bxc5 53. bxc5 b4 54.
Rc2 Ke6 55. f3 Rc8 56. Rc4 Rb8 57. Rc2 Rc8 58. Rc4 Rb8 59. Rc2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Nf1 Nc5 10. c3 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. h3 h6 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Rad1 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. Nf5 b6 21. N3h4 c5
22. f4 Rc8 23. Qf2 Qd7 24. b3 c4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Ng3 Rec8 27. Nf3 Rc2 28. Qf1
Qxa4 29. h4 Qc4 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 f5 32. h5 Be7 33. Rb1 Bb4 34. Nh4 Rf8 35.
Ng3 Qc2 36. Qd1 Qxd1+ 37. Rxd1 a4 38. Rb1 Bc3 39. Rxb6 Nc7 40. Rc6 Nb5 41. Bc1
a3 42. Bxa3 Bxd4+ 43. Kh2 Nxa3 44. Ngxf5 Bb2 45. Rg6 Rf7 46. Nxh6+ Kf8 47. Nxf7
Kxf7 48. Nf5 Nf8 49. Rxg7+ Ke6 50. g4 d4 51. Re7+ Kd5 52. Rf7 Ne6 53. Rd7+ Ke4
54. h6 Bc1 55. h7 Bxf4+ 56. Ng3+ Kf3 57. h8=Q Bxg3+ 58. Kh1 Nf4 59. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Na3 Bg4 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. Nb5
O-O-O 15. Be4 Nd5 16. c4 Ndb4 17. a3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Ke2 Rb3 20. Rd1 Be7
21. Rb1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Be3 a6 24. Nc3 Ne5 25. Kd2 Nxf3+ 26. Kc2 Rxc3+
27. Kxc3 h5 28. h3 g5 29. b4 f5 30. b5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Kc7 32. a4 Bd6 33. a5 h4
34. c5 Be5+ 35. Kc4 g4 36. hxg4 h3 37. c6 Kxc6 38. Rb6+ Kc7 39. Rxe6 h2 40. Rh6
fxg4 41. Kd5 g3 42. fxg3 Bxg3 43. Rh7+ Kc8 44. Ke6 Bh4 45. Bf4 Ng5+ 46. Bxg5
h1=Q 47. Rxh4 Qc6+ 48. Kf5 Qd5+ 49. Kg6 Qxa5 50. Rh7 Qd5 51. Bf6 Qe4+ 52. Kg7
Kd7 53. Kf8+ Kc6 54. Re7 Qf5 55. Rf7 b5 56. Kg7 Qg4+ 57. Kf8 b4 58. Re7 b3 59.
Re3 Qf4 60. Re6+ Kd5 61. Rb6 Kc5 62. Re6 b2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 e6 11. Nf5 Qb6 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Nxg7 Bxg7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qxf6 Rhg8 16. b3 Rg6 17. Qxf7 Rdg8 18. g3 Rxg3+ 19. hxg3 Rxg3+ 20. Kh2
Rxc3 21. Rg1 Kb8 22. Rac1 Ka7 23. Rg3 Rc7 24. Qf4 d5 25. c4 d4 26. Rg5 Bc6 27.
c5 Qa5 28. b4 Qxa2 29. Qxc7 Qxf2+ 30. Rg2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Na3 Bg4 10. h3 Qe6+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Bxf3+ 13. Kxf3 e6 14. b3
O-O-O 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Ne5+ 17. Ke2 Nxc4 18. d3 Na5 19. Rb1 b6 20. Be3 Be7
21. Rb5 Rd7 22. Rhb1 Rhd8 23. g3 Rc7 24. Bd2 g6 25. Ba4 Rc5 26. Rxc5+ Bxc5 27.
Bb5 Kc7 28. d4 Be7 29. h4 h5 30. Bf4+ Kb7 31. Bd3 Bd6 32. Be4+ Kc7 33. Bg5 Rc8
34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Bc1 Rc4 36. Rb2 Ra4 37. Rc2 b5 38. Bf3 Nc4 39. Bd1 Ba3 40. Re2
Ra5 41. Bxa3 Rxa3 42. Bb3 Na5 43. Rb2 Kd6 44. Kc2 Nxb3 45. axb3 a5 46. Kd3 Kd5
47. f3 f6 48. g4 e5 49. dxe5 fxe5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Kc2 Ra1 52. Kd3 Rd1+ 53. Ke3
Rc1 54. Kd3 Rd1+ 55. Ke3 Rc1 56. Kd3 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O c5 13. Nde2 Re8 14. f3 Bc6
15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. b3 a5 18. Ncd5 a4 19. Qc3 axb3 20. axb3 Kg8 21. Ne3
Ra2 22. Rf2 Bd7 23. h3 Qh4 24. Nfd5 c6 25. Nb6 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Qg3+ 27. Ng2 Qxh3
28. Qe3 d5 29. f4 Qh5 30. Rff1 Ng4 31. Qg3 Rxe4 32. Nd7 Kg7 33. Rde1 Rxc2 34.
Rxe4 dxe4 35. Ne5 Nf6 36. f5 Qe2 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Nf4 Qd2 39. Nfxg6 Nh5 40.
Rxf7+ Kh6 41. Ng4+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Kxg4 43. Qf5+ Kg3 44. Qe5+ Kg4 45. Qf5+ Kg3 46.
Qe5+ Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h4 c5 11. h5 Qc7 12. h6 g6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxc5 b6 15.
Nd3 Bb7 16. Nde5 Rad8 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. c3 a6 19. Rhe1 b5 20. Bc2 Nb6 21. Bb3 a5
22. Qe2 a4 23. Nxf7 axb3 24. Nxd8 bxa2+ 25. Ka1 Qxd8 26. Qxe6+ Rf7 27. Ne5 Bd5
28. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. e3 Bxg3 8. hxg3
Nbd7 9. Rh4 Qe7 10. g4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Rh1 e4 14. Nd2 c6 15.
Be2 Nf6 16. g5 hxg5 17. O-O-O g6 18. Rh2 Kg7 19. Rdh1 Be6 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Qc1
Qa5 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Ka1 Rh8 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. Qg1 Qc7 26. g4 Rxh2 27. Rxh2 Bxg4
28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Rh3 Qc8 30. Qg3 b6 31. Nb3 Qf5 32. Qg2 Nxf2 33. Rh2 Ng4 34.
Rh1 Qf3 35. Qg1 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Nd2 Qe2 38. Nb3 Kg7 39. cxd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 b5 11. c3 O-O 12. Ng3 b4 13. Bd3 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Qb4 16. Rb1 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 a5 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Ba4 Ra7 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21.
Bxc6 Rc7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Ne2 Rdc7 25. Ne1 Rc4 26. Rb2 Rb4 27. Rxb4
axb4 28. Nc2 Rb8 29. Nc1 Kf8 30. Nb3 Ke7 31. Nc5 Rb6 32. Kc1 f6 33. exf6+ gxf6
34. Kb2 Kd6 35. Nd3 h5 36. Ncxb4 Rb7 37. a4 Ra7 38. Kb3 h4 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3
Rg7 41. a5 Rxg3 42. Ka4 Kc7 43. Kb5 Rg1 44. Nc5 Re1 45. a6 Kb8 46. Kb6 Ka8 47.
a7 e5 48. Nca6 Rc1 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. dxe5 d4 51. Nc7+ Rxc7 52. Kxc7 Kxa7 53. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. e3 Bxg3 8. hxg3
Nbd7 9. Rh4 Qe7 10. g4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Ne4 14. Qc2 c5
15. Bd3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Rdh1 dxc4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. f4 Qe7 20. g5 cxd4 21.
exd4 Bd7 22. Qc3 b5 23. Bb1 f5 24. d5 e5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 b4 27. gxh6 g6
28. Rxc4 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8+ 30. Kd2 Rc5 31. Ke3 Rxd5 32. Kf4 Kh7 33. Bc2 Rd4+
34. Kg5 Rg4+ 35. Kf6 Rxg2 36. Bb3 Rxb2 37. Bf7 Rg2 38. e6 Ba4 39. e7 f4 40. Bd5
f3 41. Rf1 Rg3 42. Bxf3 Bb5 43. Bd5 Re3 44. Rf4 g5 45. Rxb4 Be8 46. Be4+ Kxh6
47. Bf5 Rf3 48. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. d4 Nf6 8.
Qd3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. c3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 e6 16. g3 Rfd8 17. h4 Rac8 18. Kg2 h5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5
22. Rad1 Nd5 23. Qb3 b5 24. Rd2 a5 25. a3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Red1 Rb8 28. a4
Kh7 29. Kf1 Bh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxb2 34. Rd4
Ra2 35. Rxc4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Rd4+ Ke5 40. Rf4 f5 41.
Rc4 Kd5 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rf4 Ra3 44. Kd3 Ra2 45. Ke3 Ra3 46. Rc4 Kd5 47. Kd3 Ra2
48. f3 Rg2 49. Rc8 Rxg3 50. Ke3 Rh3 51. Ra8 Rxh4 52. Rxa5+ Kc4 53. Ra6 g5 54.
Rf6 f4+ 55. Ke4 Rh1 56. Rc6+ Kb3 57. a5 Re1+ 58. Kf5 g4 59. Kxf4 Rf1 60. a6
Rxf3+ 61. Kg5 g3 62. Rb6+ Kc2 63. Kh4 g2 64. Rg6 Kxc3 65. Rxg2 Rf7 66. Kxh5 Ra7
67. Rg6 Kb4 68. Kg5 Kb5 69. Kf5 Rxa6 70. Rxa6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. h3 Ne4 8. e3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Nc3
Re8 15. Qd3 Qf6 16. O-O Bf5 17. Qc4 a5 18. a3 Bf8 19. d5 Qg6 20. Rfd1 Bxh3 21.
Bg3 Bg4 22. Rd4 h5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qd3 Bf5 25. Qd2 Be7 26. e4 Bg4 27. e5 h4
28. Qf4 hxg3 29. Qxg4 gxf2+ 30. Kf1 Qh6 31. Qh3 Qxh3 32. gxh3 Rab8 33. Rd2 Bh4
34. Re2 Rb3 35. Rd1 Re6 36. Rd4 Bg3 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Ne4 Bf4 39. Rxf2 Bh6 40.
Rxf7 Rxe5 41. Nf2 Rxb2 42. Ng4 Re6 43. Rd1 Kg6 44. Rf3 Bg5 45. Nf2 Rf6 46. Rxf6+
gxf6 47. Rd6 c5 48. Rc6 Be3 49. Nd3 Rc2 50. Re6 Bd4 51. Rd6 Kf5 52. Ne1 Rf2+ 53.
Kg1 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Rxa3 55. Nc2 Rxh3 56. Nxd4+ cxd4 57. Rxd4 Ra3 58. Kf2 Ra1 59.
Rc4 a4 60. Rb4 a3 61. Rb3 a2 62. Ra3 Ke6 63. Kg2 f5 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. Ra5 f4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h4 c5 11. h5 Qc7 12. h6 g6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxc5 b6 15.
Nd3 Bb7 16. Nde5 Rad8 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Bb3 b5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Nd3 a5 21. Nc5 Ba8
22. Ne5 a4 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Ned7 Qc6 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. f3 b4 27. Qa6 Qc7 28.
Qe2 Qf4 29. Ne4 Be7 30. g4 Qc7 31. g5 a3 32. Nc5 axb2 33. Rhg1 Ra8 34. Kxb2
Rxa2+ 35. Kc1 b3 36. Qb5 bxc2 37. Rd3 Qf4+ 38. Rd2 Ra1+ 39. Kxc2 Ra2+ 40. Kb1
Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. h4 c5 8. c3 Qc7
9. h5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h6 g6 13. Nf3 Rfc8 14. Bd3 b5 15. Ne5
b4 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. O-O Be8 18. cxb4 c4 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. a3 Qg5 22.
e4 Bc6 23. e5 Qxh6 24. g3 Qd2 25. Qc3 Qg5 26. Kg2 h5 27. Rh1 Kg7 28. f4 Qe7 29.
Rh4 Rh8 30. Rah1 Rab8 31. Kg1 a5 32. bxa5 Qb7 33. f5 exf5 34. R1h2 Qxb2 35. Qe3
Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Rb2 37. Kf3 Rhb8 38. Qg5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. cxd5 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Bxd5 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. b4 Ne4 19. Qc7 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Qxc7
21. Rxc7 Bd5 22. a4 a5 23. b5 Nc5 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Bc2 e5 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. bxc6
Kf8 28. g4 Rd2 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. c7 Rxc2 31. c8=Q Rc1+ 32. Kg2 e4 33. Qc7+ Kf6
34. Qxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qa4 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qd3 Nd6 13. Nf3 Bc4 14. Qc2 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. e4 Rad8 20. f4 Bf6 21. Qf2
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nb5 23. Qe3 Qa3 24. Bg5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Rd7
b5 28. Rxa7 b4 29. Bf6 Nxa2 30. e5 b3 31. e6 Bxe6 32. Bxc6 Rc8 33. Bd7 Bxd7 34.
Rxd7 Nc3 35. Rb7 Ne4 36. Bd4 Rd8 37. Be3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bd2 e4 6. Bf4 h6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Nge2 Be7
9. Ng3 Bh7 10. h4 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. a4 Bf8 13. Nf1 Nfd7 14. g4 Ne5 15. Nd2 Na6
16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nb4 18. Bb5 Nf3+ 19. Nxf3 exf3 20. Qxf3 Bg6 21. Kd2 f6 22.
gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rag1 Re7 24. Qh3 a6 25. Bd7 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Re8 27. Rh2 Re7 28. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with c6"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Bxc4 11. Bxd6 Re8 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. b3 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nd4 N7f6 16. Bc5 Qd7 17. e3 Ne4 18. Qc2 b6 19. Ba3 c5 20. Ne2 Qf7 21. Rcd1 Rad8
22. Nf4 Ndc3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bc1 b5 25. Re1 b4 26. Bf1 Ng5 27. Bc4 Nf3+ 28.
Kf1 Qxc4+ 29. bxc4 a5 30. Nd5 Nxe1 31. Kxe1 a4 32. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 33. Ke2 Ra8 34. g4
fxg4 35. Qe4 Rd8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. e4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. f3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. c3 a5 8. Bd3 Ba6
9. Bc2 Nbd7 10. f4 g6 11. Bf2 c5 12. g4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Ne2 Qe7
16. Ng3 Ng7 17. a3 Rc7 18. Nf3 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc2 21. Qb5 Nf5 22.
O-O Qd8 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Ne1 Rd2 25. Nf3 Rdc2 26. Ne1 Rd2 27. Nd3 Rcc2 28. Rad1
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nf8 30. Ne1 Rc4 31. h4 h5 32. b3 Rc3 33. a4 Qc7 34. Qe2 Rxb3 35.
Qxh5 Rb2 36. Qf3 b5 37. axb5 a4 38. Nd3 Rc2 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40. dxc5 Qxc5 41. e4
Qxb5 42. exf5 exf5 43. Qxd5 Qxd5 44. Rxd5 Ne6 45. Ra5 Nxf4 46. Be3 Ng2 47. Bd4
Nxh4 48. Ra8+ Kh7 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rxh4 Kxg5 51. Rh3 f4 52. Ra3 Rc4 53. Bb6 Kg4
54. Kf1 f5 55. Ke2 f3+ 56. Kd3 Re4 57. Ra1 Kh3 58. Ra2 Kg3 59. Bf2+ Kg4 60. Bd4
Kg3 61. Be3 Kg4 62. Bc5 Kg3 63. Bd6+ Kg4 64. Bc5 Kg3 65. Bf2+ Kg4 66. Ra1 Kh3
67. Be3 Rb4 68. Ra2 Re4 69. Bd4 Kg3 70. Bf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. e3 d6 8. Nge2
Bf5 9. d3 Ne5 10. Nc1 Qc8 11. h3 Rb8 12. f4 Nc6 13. N1e2 a6 14. g4 Bd7 15. O-O
b5 16. Ng3 b4 17. Na4 Nd8 18. Qe2 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Ne8 20. Rab1 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Qd7
22. Qd1 f5 23. Bf3 e6 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. h4 Nf6 26. g5 Ne8 27. h5 Kg8 28. Rh2 Qg7
29. e4 Nc7 30. Kg2 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxf4 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 33. gxf6 Qxf6 34. hxg6 hxg6
35. Be4 Qg7 36. Qg4 Nf7 37. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 38. Bxg6 Ne5 39. Be4 Ne8 40. Kg1 Rc8 41.
Rff2 Rc7 42. Rfg2+ Rg7 43. Rh6 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Ng7 45. a5 Nf7 46. Rg6 Nd8 47. Rf6
Ne8 48. Rf1 Kg7 49. Kf2 Nf6 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Kd2 Ne5 52. Rh1 Ndc6 53. Rh7+ Kf6
54. Rb7 Nxa5 55. Rb6 Naxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. d4 cxd4
9. exd4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. c4 e6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Rc1 Rc7 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rc8 20. Nc4 Qd7 21. Rd1
h5 22. h4 b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bd4 a6 26. Rc1 Bh6 27. Qf6 Kh7 28.
Rc6 Bg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxc5 15.
Bb5 Ne4 16. c4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Qd1
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Qb4 24. Be5 Bxa4 25. Qxd5 Bc6 26. Qa2 Bb5 27. h3 Qc4
28. Qxc4 Bxc4 29. Nd4 Nc5 30. Nf5 Re8 31. Bxg7 Be6 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Be5 Kh7 34.
Ra5 Nd3 35. Bg3 Nb4 36. Ra4 Nd5 37. Rxa6 Nc3 38. Kh2 Rd7 39. Be5 Nd5 40. e4 Ne7
41. Ne8 Ng8 42. Ra8 f5 43. Nc7 Re7 44. Bd6 Rd7 45. Nxe6 Rxd6 46. exf5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Qb8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rfe1 a5 15.
a3 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. Rxc5 b6 23. Rc2 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Rc2 Kf7
28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 Kd6 30. Kd1 Kc6 31. Kc1 a4 32. Nb1 g5 33. Nc3 Bb3 34. Rd2 h5
35. Ne2 h4 36. Nc3 g4 37. hxg4 Rg8 38. f3 exf3 39. gxf3 fxg4 40. fxg4 Rxg4 41.
Rh2 Kd6 42. Kd2 Ke5 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Kf2 Kg5 45. Rh1 Be6 46. Rh2 Rc4 47. Rg2+ Kf6
48. Rg1 h3 49. Rh1 Rh4 50. Rh2 Ke5 51. Kg3 Rh8 52. Kf3 Rd8 53. Ke2 Bd7 54. Kf2
Rg8 55. Kf3 Bc6+ 56. e4 Bd7 57. Rd2 Be6 58. Rh2 Rd8 59. Ke3 c4 60. Ke2 Kf4 61.
Rf2+ Kg3 62. Rf6 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. a4
b6 9. a5 Ba6 10. axb6 axb6 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nd2 c5 15.
Bb2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Nd6 Qxd6 18. Bxa6 Red8 19. Be2 e5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Qb3 h5 22. h3 cxd4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Nc5 25. Qb2 h4 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Bf3 Ra2
28. Qb1 Ra5 29. Bc3 Ra3 30. Rd8+ Ne8 31. Qb5 Kf8 32. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. b3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Bf3 d4 16. Na4 Ba7 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rd6 20. Qf3 b5 21. Nc5
Rxd4 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qb6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Rc1 b4 27. g3 a5
28. Kg2 Qd6 29. Rc6 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Ra6 g5 32. Kf3 f6 33. Ke3 Kf7 34. Ra7+
Kg6 35. g4 Rc5 36. f3 f5 37. Ra6+ Kh7 38. gxf5 Rxf5 39. Kf2 g6 40. Ra7+ Kh6 41.
Kg3 Rc5 42. Ra8 Rf5 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. Ra8 Rf5 45. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 a5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. a3 Bd6 12. g3 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Bg2
Kd7 15. Rhc1 Rhb8 16. Rxc4 Nd5 17. Be4 h6 18. h4 Rb6 19. Kd2 Rab8 20. Kc1 Rb3
21. Ra4 R3b5 22. Bd3 Rb3 23. Bc2 R3b5 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Bd3 Rb3 26. Bc4 R3b7 27.
Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxa5 Rc8+ 29. Kd1 Rbc7 30. b4 Ke7 31. b5 Rc2 32. Ra7+ Kf6 33. b6
Rxf2 34. Rc7 Ra8 35. b7 Rxa3 36. b8=Q Raa2 37. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Rf8 13. d4 Ng6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Bf1 Qf6
16. Qd1 exd4 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. e5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxe5 20. Ra3 Bf5 21. Kg1 Rae8
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Nc4 Qc5+ 25. Be3 Qb4 26. Qxh5 Be6 27. Bd2 Qb1
28. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3 d7d5"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a4 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Qb2 d4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. exd4 Bd3 16. Be3 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Qa6+ 19. Kd2 h6 20. Qb5 Qf6 21.
a5 Qf5 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. g3 Rad8 24. Kc2 Re6 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. c4 Qc6
28. Be3 Nd7 29. d5 Qc7 30. Qd4 Rc8 31. a6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb7+ 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Qe3 h5 21.
h3 Rd6 22. Rd3 Re6 23. Qf2 b5 24. Rcd1 b4 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Ne4 Rxe4 27. fxe4
Qxe4+ 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. b3 a5 32. Rd5 Qa6 33. g4 hxg4
34. hxg4 g5 35. Qd3 Qa8 36. Qf3 Qa6 37. Rf5 a4 38. Qd3 Qc6+ 39. Qf3 Qc2 40. bxa4
Qxa2 41. a5 b3 42. Rb5 b2 43. Qd3 Qa4 44. Kf3 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 Qxg4+ 46. Kf1 Qf4+
47. Kg2 Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qa4 49. Kg2 Qa2 50. Kf3 Qe6 51. Kg2 Qc6+ 52. Kf2 Qe6 53.
Kg2 Qa2 54. Kf3 Qa1 55. Kg2 Qa4 56. Kf3 Qa2 57. Kg2 b1=Q 58. Rxb1 Qxa5 59. Rb5
Qa4 60. Rd5 Qg4+ 61. Kf1 Qe6 62. Kg2 Be5 63. Qe4 f6 64. Rd3 Qf7 65. Rh3 Qg6 66.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 67. Rb3 Kf5 68. Rb4 g4 69. Ra4 Bd6 70. Rc4 Kg5 71. Ra4 f5 72. Rc4 Be5
73. Ra4 Bc3 74. Rc4 Bd2 75. Rd4 Be3 76. Rc4 e5 77. Ra4 f4 78. Rb4 Kf5 79. Rb5
Bd4 80. Ra5 Ke4 81. Ra3 Bc5 82. Rc3 Bd4 83. Ra3 Bc5 84. Rc3 Kd5 85. Rd3+ Bd4 86.
Ra3 Kc4 87. Rd3 f3+ 88. Kf1 e4 89. Ra3 Bc5 90. Ra4+ Kd5 91. exf3 gxf3 92. Ra8 e3
93. Re8 Kd4 94. Rd8+ Ke4 95. Re8+ Kd3 96. Rd8+ Bd4 97. Re8 e2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bb5 a6
9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. O-O c4 12. Rfc1 Qb5 13. Qd1 Nh6 14. b3 Ba3 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Rab1 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 Bb2 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qc2 Ke7 20. a4 Qb7 21. h3
c5 22. dxc5 Rhc8 23. Nxc4 Qb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Nxb2 Rxc5 27. c4
Rc7 28. Ne1 Rb7 29. Ned3 Rb3 30. g4 h5 31. gxh5 Rc3 32. Kg2 f6 33. exf6+ Kxf6
34. Kf3 Kf5 35. Ke3 e5 36. f3 Rc2 37. c5 Ke6 38. Nd1 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qh4 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qe7 14. Rfc1 Rb8
15. a3 Rd8 16. b4 cxb4 17. Nd5 Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. axb4 a6 20. Rab1 Ne7 21.
Nxe7 Kxe7 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxb5 b6 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Rb4 Rdc8 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Nc4
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 b5 29. Na3 Ra8 30. Rxb5 Nc5 31. Rc1 Rxa3 32. Rbxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5
h5 34. Rc7+ Kd6 35. Rg7 g5 36. Rh7 Ra2 37. Kf3 g4+ 38. Ke3 Ra1 39. Rxh5 Rh1 40.
d4 exd4+ 41. Kxd4 Ke6 42. Ke4 Ra1 43. f3 Ra4+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 gxf3 46. exf3
Ra2+ 47. Kg1 f5 48. g4 fxg4 49. fxg4 Kf6 50. Rf5+ Kg6 51. h3 Rb2 52. Rf2 Rb5 53.
Kg2 Kg5 54. Kg3 Rb3+ 55. Rf3 Rb1 56. h4+ Kg6 57. Rc3 Rg1+ 58. Kf3 Rf1+ 59. Kg2
Rb1 60. Rc6+ Kg7 61. Re6 Rb3 62. Rd6 Ra3 63. Rc6 Rd3 64. Rb6 Rc3 65. Re6 Rb3 66.
Kf2 Rh3 67. h5 Kf7 68. Re3 Rh1 69. Kg2 Ra1 70. Kg3 Kf6 71. Kf4 Rf1+ 72. Rf3 Rg1
73. Rf2 Rh1 74. Kg3+ Kg5 75. Rf5+ Kh6 76. Rf6+ Kg7 77. Ra6 Kh7 78. Kf4 Kg7 79.
Kg5 Rb1 80. Ra7+ Kg8 81. h6 Rb5+ 82. Kg6 Rb6+ 83. Kh5 Rd6 84. g5 Rc6 85. Re7 Rc5
86. Kg6 Rc6+ 87. Kf5 Rc5+ 88. Re5 Rc1 89. Re6 Kh7 90. Re7+ Kg8 91. Kf6 Rc6+ 92.
Re6 Rc1 93. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nh4 Bh7
9. f4 c5 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Na3 a6 14. g4 Be4 15. Bf3
Bxf3 16. Rxf3 h5 17. Rh3 g6 18. Rf1 O-O-O 19. gxh5 Kb8 20. Kh1 Ka8 21. c4 cxd4
22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Nc2 dxc4 24. Rd1 gxh5 25. Qg2 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bxd4 27. b3 Bxe5
28. Re1 Rhg8 29. Qe4 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O c5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. d4 Na5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Qc2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 O-O 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxc4 Bc6 19. Qh4 e6 20. Bxh6 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Qxh4 22. gxh4 Rad8 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. b3 Nb6 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Be3
c4 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Rc8 31. h5 gxh5 32. Bxh5 Rxc4 33. Rb1
Bd8 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Rd7 Kf8 36. Rb7 Rc5 37. Bf3 b5 38. Be4 Bd6 39. h4 Rh5 40.
Bd3 b4 41. Kh3 Be7 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb7 Kf8 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Ne7 8. a4 a6 9.
b4 a5 10. b5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. c4 Ne4 14. Qb3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5
16. Rd1 Bb4 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Nd2 Nc5 20. Qa2 O-O 21. Rac1 Qe7 22.
N2f3 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc5 26. Bb2 Qc4 27. Qa1 Nc3 28. e6
fxe6 29. Nxe6 Qd3 30. Nf4 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1 Bxb1 32. Bxc3 Bxc3 33. Nxd5 Ba1 34. Nd2
Bc2 35. Nc4 Bxa4 36. Nxa5 Bxb5 37. Ne3 Ba6 38. Nb3 Bf6 39. Nd5 Kf7 40. Nxf6 Kxf6
41. f3 Bc4 42. Nd2 Bd5 43. Kf2 b5 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Kd3 g5 46. g3 h5 47. Ke3 b4
48. f4+ gxf4+ 49. gxf4+ Kf5 50. Kd4 Bf7 51. Ke3 b3 52. Kd3 Kxf4 53. Kc3 h4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. d3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rfc1 Nb6 13. a3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nf5 15.
Bc5 Nd7 16. Ne4 a5 17. a4 b6 18. Ba3 c5 19. b3 Bb7 20. Nfd2 Rb8 21. Nc4 Ba8 22.
Bb2 Qc7 23. e3 Rbd8 24. Qe2 Nf8 25. h4 h5 26. Rd1 Nh6 27. Ng5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Ne6
29. Qf3 Ng4 30. Rd2 f5 31. Qe2 Nxg5 32. hxg5 f4 33. e4 Rd4 34. f3 Rxc4 35. fxg4
Rb4 36. gxh5 Rxb3 37. hxg6 Qd6 38. Qh5 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Qxd3 40. gxf4 Qxe4+ 41. Qf3
Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 e4+ 43. Kg4 Bxb2 44. Rb1 e3 45. f5 e2 46. f6 e1=Q 47. f7+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2 a5
9. a4 Bg6 10. Ne1 c5 11. Ndf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Bb5 Na7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. c4
Be4 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. dxc5 Qxb2 19. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nfd7 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. d3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rfc1 Nb6 13. Qd1 Nd4 14. Nd2 a5 15.
a3 c6 16. Rab1 a4 17. Nce4 Nd5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nc5 b5 20. Rc2 Ra7 21. Rbc1
Rae7 22. Nce4 Bb7 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rc7 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qb1
Rc8 28. Qa2 Nc3 29. bxc3 dxc3 30. Nxc3 Qxc3 31. Bd5 Qa1+ 32. Qxa1 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. a4 e5 8.
Nc4 f6 9. Ne1 Nb6 10. a5 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. c3 Nc5 13. f3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6
15. Kc2 Kf7 16. Nd3 Nc5 17. Nf2 Be7 18. Be3 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nd3
Ke6 22. Kb3 Rhd8 23. Rhd1 g6 24. Nb2 b5 25. Nd3 f5 26. exf5+ gxf5 27. Ba7 Kf7
28. Re1 Bf6 29. g4 Nf8 30. Nc5 fxg4 31. fxg4 Ne6 32. Ne4 Nf4 33. Bb6 Rxa1 34.
Rxa1 Rd7 35. Bc5 Be7 36. Ra6 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Rc7 38. Ra8 Ke6 39. Rd8 h5 40. Rd6+
Ke7 41. gxh5 Nxh5 42. Rh6 Nf4 43. Nd6 Nd3 44. Rh7+ Kd8 45. Rh8+ Kd7 46. Ne4 Ke6
47. Kc2 Nf4 48. Rd8 Kf5 49. Nd6+ Kg4 50. Re8 Rh7 51. Rxe5 Rxh2+ 52. Kb3 Nd3 53.
Re4+ Kf3 54. Rd4 Nxc5+ 55. Kb4 Ne6 56. Rd1 Rb2+ 57. Ka5 Rc2 58. Kb4 Nc7 59. c4
bxc4 60. Kc5 Nd5 61. Kxc6 Ne3 62. Ra1 c3 63. Nb5 Rh2 64. Nxc3 Rc2 65. Ra3 Nd1
66. Kb5 Nxc3+ 67. Kc4 Ke4 68. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 69. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nd5 h6 12. h3 Bd8 13. c4 bxc4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ba4
d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. dxc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Na5 19. b3 Rab8 20. Bc5 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Re1 Rd3 23. Re3 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rf1 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Nxe1 Nb7 27. Ba7 Be7
28. Nd3 Bxa3 29. Nxe5 Bd6 30. f4 Nc5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Kg3 f6 33. Bd7 Bf7 34.
Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ke4 Bb4 37. Ba4 g5 38. f5 c5 39. g4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nb5
Qd8 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. Nbd4 Bd7 13. b4 Re8 14. Nb3 Bf8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. Re1 b6 18. Bf1 Ne7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c5 bxc5 21. Nxc5 a5
22. d4 axb4 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Ra7 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nh4 Rxb4 27. g3 Bg7 28.
Qh5 Rxd4 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Rxh4 31. Qxh4 Qb6 32. Qg4 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34.
Qxe4 dxe4 35. Nc7 Rf8 36. Ne6 Rf7 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra7 f5 39. Nd8 Rf8 40. Ne6
Re8 41. Nc7 Rc8 42. Ne6 Bf6 43. h3 Kg6 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 Rc6 46. Nf4+ Kg5 47.
Nh5 Re6 48. Kh3 Ng6 49. Ra5+ Be5 50. Ng7 Nf4+ 51. Kg3 Nh5+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 h6 12. Rc1 Bd8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. Bc2 Nh5 18. d4 e4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 Nh5 22. c5
Bf6 23. c6 Qd8 24. Qd3 Bh4 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qf6 27. g3 Nf8 28. Re4 Re7 29.
Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Qe3 Rc8 32. Kg2 Ng6 33. Re2 Kf8 34. Rf2 Re8 35. Qd2
Kg8 36. Ne5 Ngf4+ 37. gxf4 dxe5 38. fxe5 Qh4 39. Qe3 f6 40. Kh2 g5 41. Rg2 Nf4
42. Rg3 Nxd5 43. Qd3 Kf8 44. Rf3 Qe1 45. Qg6 Qe2+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48.
Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. Nc4 f6
8. a4 e5 9. a5 Bc5 10. Ke1 Na6 11. c3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. b4 Be7 14. Be3 b5 15.
Na5 Nc7 16. Rc1 c5 17. Nc6 c4 18. Nh4 Bf8 19. Na5 Na6 20. Rb1 Nac5 21. f3 Na4
22. Kd2 Ndb6 23. Kc2 g6 24. g4 Be6 25. Be2 Rg8 26. Rhd1 Rg7 27. Ng2 Rd7 28. f4
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Nc6+ Kc7 33. Nxe5 Nd7 34. Nf4
Bg8 35. Nf3 Bd6 36. Nd4 Be5 37. Nxb5+ Kd8 38. Nd4 Kc7 39. h3 Nf6 40. Nfe6+ Kd6
41. Ng5 h6 42. Ngf3 Nxe4 43. Nb5+ Kc6 44. Na7+ Kd6 45. Nc8+ Kc7 46. Nxe5 Kxc8
47. Bd4 Nd6 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bf3 Kc7 51. Kd2 Nb5 52. Nc6 Nb2 53. Be5+
Kb6 54. Ne7 Nd3 55. Bf6 Be6 56. Bxg5 Ne5 57. Be3+ Ka6 58. Be2 Bxg4 59. Bf1 Nf3+
60. Kc2 Ne1+ 61. Kb2 Nd3+ 62. Bxd3 cxd3 63. c4 Nd6 64. Kc3 Be6 65. c5 Nf5 66.
Bd2 Nxe7 67. Kxd3 Kb5 68. Ke4 Nc6 69. Kf4 Kc4 70. Ke3 Bc8 71. Be1 Ba6 72. Bd2
Kb3 73. Be1 Bb5 74. Ke4 Bc4 75. Ke3 Kc2 76. Ke4 Kd1 77. Bc3 Ke2 78. Kf5 Kd3 79.
Be1 Nd4+ 80. Kf6 Bb5 81. Ke7 Nc2 82. Bg3 Nxb4 83. Bd6 Kc4 84. Ke6 Bc6 85. Ke5
Nd3+ 86. Kf5 Kd5 87. Bf8 Bd7+ 88. Kf6 Ne5 89. Bd6 Ng4+ 90. Ke7 Bf5 91. Kf7 Kc6
92. Ke7 Be4 93. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 h6 12. Re1 Bd8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
Ne7 16. c4 Rb8 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. b4 Qf5 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Qf3 Qh5 21. Bxf4 Qxf3 22.
Nxf3 exf4 23. Nd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Nc6 Ra8 26. a4 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Ng8 28.
Kf1 Bf6 29. d4 Ne7 30. Ke2 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Rb8 32. Kd3 g5 33. Kc3 h5 34. f3 Kg7
35. Ra1 Rb6 36. Bd7 Kg6 37. c5 dxc5 38. bxc5 Rb8 39. Rxa6 Rb1 40. Ba4 Kg7 41.
Rc6 Rc1+ 42. Kd3 Ra1 43. Bb3 Rg1 44. Rxc7 Rxg2 45. d6 g4 46. Rxf7+ Kg6 47. c6
gxh3 48. c7 h2 49. c8=Q h1=Q 50. Qg8+ Kf5 51. Qc8+ Kg5 52. Rxf6 Qf1+ 53. Ke4
Re2+ 54. Kd5 Qxf3+ 55. Kc5 Qc3+ 56. Bc4 Qa5+ 57. Kc6 Qa4+ 58. Kd5 Qa5+ 59. Kc6
Qa4+ 60. Kc5 Qa5+ 61. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nfd7 7. a4 e5 8.
Nb3 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. Nfd2 Ba6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Na6 13. c3 Nac5 14. f3 Nxb3
15. Bxb3 Bc5 16. Bd2 Ke7 17. Kc2 Rhd8 18. h4 h5 19. Bc4 Nf8 20. Rhf1 Rd7 21.
Rae1 Ne6 22. g3 f6 23. f4 Bd6 24. Re2 Nc5 25. b3 Rb8 26. Rg1 b5 27. axb5 cxb5
28. Bd5 Rc7 29. f5 b4 30. g4 bxc3 31. Bxc3 a4 32. gxh5 axb3+ 33. Kb1 Na4 34.
Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rxc7 Bxc7 36. Bd2 Kg7 37. Rg2+ Kh8 38. Rg6 Bd6 39. Rxf6 Bb4 40.
Rh6+ Kg7 41. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Na5 O-O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. b4 h5 13. a4 Kb8 14. b5 Bxa5 15.
Qxa5 c5 16. Qc3 g5 17. a5 h4 18. Nd2 g4 19. f4 gxf3 20. Rxf3 Rdg8 21. Nb3 Bxb3
22. Qxb3 Qd6 23. Raf1 Rg7 24. a6 b6 25. R1f2 c6 26. h3 cxb5 27. Qxb5 Kc7 28. Kh2
Rhg8 29. Bd2 Qe6 30. Qb1 Rg6 31. Rf5 Rh8 32. c3 Qd6 33. Be3 Rg3 34. R5f3 Rhg8
35. Kh1 R3g7 36. d4 cxd4 37. cxd4 Kb8 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Qf1 Qe6 40. Bc1 Rc8 41.
Bb2 Nc5 42. Rf6 Qe7 43. R2f5 Nd7 44. Rf7 Rxf7 45. Rxf7 Qd6 46. Qf5 Rd8 47. Kh2
Ka8 48. Qg5 Rc8 49. Qxh4 Nc5 50. Qg5 Qc6 51. Qxe5 Nxa6 52. h4 Nc5 53. Qe7 Nb7
54. h5 Rg8 55. Rg7 Rc8 56. Be5 Qxe4 57. Bg3 Qd5 58. h6 Qh5+ 59. Qh4 Qxh4+ 60.
Bxh4 Nd6 61. h7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.25"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Bd3 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. d4 Qh4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rae8
15. Nf3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Qd8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Qf1 Qc8 20. Re1 c5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bf4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Rd1 c6 25. c4 Be6 26. Bb3 dxc4 27. Bxc4
Nf8 28. Ba6 Qa8 29. b3 Bd5 30. Qd3 Ne6 31. Qf5 Bb6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Qc8 34.
h4 Nc5 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. Re1 Kf7 37. h5 Re8 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Nd2 Kd7 40. Kf1
Nd3 41. Nb3 Bc7 42. Bxc7 Kxc7 43. g3 Kd6 44. Ke2 Ne5 45. Nd4 g6 46. hxg6 hxg6
47. f4 Nxc4 48. Kd3 Nb6 49. g4 Kd5 50. Ne2 Na4 51. Ke3 c5 52. Ng3 Nc3 53. a3 c4
54. f5 g5 55. Nh5 Ke5 56. Ng7 Nd5+ 57. Kf3 c3 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Kd3 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 b4 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. c3 Rfc8 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. e6 Qd8 17. exf7+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Ne6 Qd7 20. Bh3 Rf8 21. Ng5 Qd8
22. Ne6 Qd7 23. Ng5 Qd8 24. Ne6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O g5
9. Ne1 Bg7 10. c3 c5 11. f4 c4 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bh5 gxf4 14. Rxf4 Rf8 15. Nf1
O-O-O 16. Ng3 f6 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. e6 Nb6 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Qxf5 Kb8
22. Nf3 Rfe8 23. Bf4+ Ka8 24. Re1 Rg8 25. Nh4 Bf8 26. Ng6 Qg7 27. e7 Re8 28.
exf8=Q Rgxf8 29. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Qe7 31. Ng6 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Bg4 f5 34.
Bxf5 Rf6 35. g4 Na4 36. Bxh6 Nxb2 37. h4 Nd1+ 38. Kf3 Nxc3 39. h5 Ne4 40. Ke3
Ng3 41. Bc2 Nf1+ 42. Ke2 Ng3+ 43. Kd2 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Rf1+ 45. Kd2 Rf2+ 46. Kc1
Ne2+ 47. Kb1 Nxd4 48. Be3 Rf1+ 49. Kb2 Ne2 50. h6 d4 51. h7 Rh1 52. h8=Q+ Rxh8
53. Nxh8 dxe3 54. g5 Nd4 55. Bd1 e2 56. Bxe2 Nxe2 57. g6 c3+ 58. Kb3 Nd4+ 59.
Kxc3 Nf5 60. Nf7 Kb8 61. Kd3 Kc7 62. Ke4 Ng7 63. Ke5 b5 64. Nd6 b4 65. Nf5 Nh5
66. Kd4 Kb6 67. Kc4 Ka5 68. Kb3 Kb5 69. g7 Nxg7 70. Nxg7 a5 71. Nf5 a4+ 72. Kb2
Kc4 73. Ne3+ Kd3 74. Nc2 Kc4 75. Ne1 Kd4 76. Nf3+ Ke4 77. Ng5+ Kd5 78. Nf7 Ke6
79. Nh6 Ke5 80. Ng4+ Kf5 81. Ne3+ Ke4 82. Nd1 Kd4 83. Kc1 Kc4 84. Nb2+ Kb5 85.
Kb1 Ka5 86. Nd3 Kb5 87. Kc1 Kc4 88. Nb2+ Kb5 89. Kb1 Ka5 90. Nd3 Kb5 91. Ne5 Kc5
92. Kb2 Kd5 93. Nd7 Kc6 94. Nf6 Kc5 95. Ng4 Kd4 96. Nf2 Ke3 97. Nh3 Kd4 98. Kc1
Kc3 99. Nf2 Kd4 100. Nd1 Kc4 101. Kd2 Kd4 102. Nb2 a3 103. Nd1 b3 104. axb3 a2
105. Ne3 a1=N 106. b4 Nb3+ 107. Kc2 Nc5 108. bxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. b4 a6 13. Bf4 Rfe8 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. g4
Bg6 16. Bg3 Bd8 17. f4 h5 18. g5 Nh7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Bc7 21. h4 Bxe4 22.
Bxe4 Nhf8 23. Bf3 Ng6 24. Bxh5 Ne7 25. Bg4 Nf8 26. Nc4 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 28.
Rad1 Rcd8 29. Ne5 Ne6 30. Nf3 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Bxf4 32. Rfe1 Re4 33. Kf2 Rde8 34.
Rxe4 Rxe4 35. h5 Be3+ 36. Kf1 g6 37. h6 f6 38. gxf6 Bxh6 39. d5 cxd5 40. Rxd5
Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kxf6 42. Rxb7 Bf4 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Re7 45. Rb6 Re4 46. Rb7+
Kf6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Qb4 13. c3 Qb5 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Nf4 Bd6 16. Bf1 Qxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Kg2 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bc7 21. b4
Ned7 22. Rad1 Bb6 23. Bc1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Nd3 Kf8 27. h4 h6
28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Bh3 Nd6 30. Ke2 Nf8 31. Bf4 Ne6 32. Be5 Nc4 33. Bb8 Nd6 34. Ne5
Bc7 35. Bxe6 Bxb8 36. Bb3 Bc7 37. Nd3 Bb6 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Nxc4 40. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani opening"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Be6 7. Be2 O-O-O 8.
O-O e4 9. Qa4 exd3 10. Bf3 Qc4 11. Qxc4 Bxc4 12. Re1 Be6 13. Nd2 Nge7 14. Be4 g5
15. Nhf3 g4 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bxd3 Bh6 18. Nf1 f6 19. Ne4 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 f5 21.
Nc5 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. Ne3 f4 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. b4 b6 26. Ba6+ Kb8 27. Ne6 Rde8
28. Ned4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Nh4 30. Bf1 Kb7 31. c4 Be4 32. c5 Kb8 33. Nb5 Bc6 34.
Nxa7 Bd7 35. Red1 Re7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Nc6+ Kb7 38. Ne5 Rd2 39. Ba6+ Ka8 40.
Bb5+ Kb8 41. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qa4 c6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rad1 Qe6
15. Qd4 Rfd8 16. Bh6 Qe5 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Be3 Ne6 19. f4 Qh5 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5
Qxf5 22. Rf1 Qg6 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. Rdf1 f6 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Ne4 d5 27. Nxf6 Bxf6
28. Rgf3 Rf8 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Rxf6 31. Qc3 Rf8 32. Bxa7 Kg8 33. h3 Nf4 34.
Kh2 Rg6 35. g4 Rh6 36. Qb4 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rg3+ 38. Kh2 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O
Nd5 9. Bxc4 Nxf4 10. exf4 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bb7 15.
Ne5 g6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Bc4 Bb4 18. Rd1 Qd6 19. Raa1 Rad8 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Na4 Qa7
22. Qe3 Rd6 23. Nc3 c6 24. h4 Rfd8 25. Rd3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Qxe4 c5 29. Rcd1 cxd4 30. h5 Qa8 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 gxh5 34.
Rd7 f6 35. Nc6 Rc8 36. Ne7+ Bxe7 37. Rxe7 Rc6 38. g3 Rb6 39. Ra7 h4 40. gxh4
Rxb2 41. Rxa5 Rb4 42. f5 e5 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kh6
47. Rf7 Rxh4 48. Rxf6+ Kg5 49. Rf8 h5 50. f3 Rf4 51. Kg2 Rxf5 52. Ra8 Rf4 53.
Rg8+ Kh4 54. Re8 Rf5 55. Kf2 Kh3 56. Re6 h4 57. Re8 Kh2 58. Re7 h3 59. Re8 Rg5
60. Re7 Rg2+ 61. Ke3 Kg1 62. Rxe5 h2 63. Rh5 h1=Q 64. Rxh1+ Kxh1 65. f4 Kh2 66.
f5 Kg3 67. Ke4 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Nxe4 a6 15.
Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Nc5 Re8 18. Nxb7 Qb8 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Be3 h6 21. Re2
Bf8 22. Nd2 Re6 23. Nc4 a5 24. Qb5 Qc8 25. Nbxa5 Nxa5 26. Nxa5 c6 27. Qb7 Qxb7
28. Nxb7 c5 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 Bxb4 31. a5 Rea6 32. Ra4 Be7 33. Rc2 Kf8 34.
Bxh6+ Ke8 35. Be3 Rb8 36. Rb2 Rc8 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. dxc4 Nf8 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40.
Rb8+ Kd7 41. Bxc5 Ne6 42. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 a5
9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Bd2
Bxd2 16. Qxd2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne5 Ngf4 19. Ra3 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Kh2 Be6
22. Bf1 Qf6 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Rf3 Qb4 25. Qc1 Rfe8 26. Bc4 Ng6 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28.
b3 Nc7 29. Ne4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Ne6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Nd2 Ng5 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rb3
Qd6+ 35. Kg1 dxc4 36. Qxc4+ Kh7 37. Nf1 Re4 38. Qb5 b6 39. Ne3 Rb4 40. Rxb4 axb4
41. Nd5 Ne4 42. Nxb4 Nc3 43. Qc4 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Ne2 45. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Qc2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Qd2 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Kb1 Bc5 15.
g4 Bd7 16. Bf2 Qb6 17. h4 Bc6 18. h5 Nd7 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Nxc3+ 21. Qxc3
Ne5 22. h6 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxa3 24. Qc3 Bf8 25. Nf5 Qxf2 26. hxg7 f6 27. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6
Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. g3 g5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. g4 Nh4 19. fxg5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Nd3+ 21.
Kb1 O-O 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Ng6 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxd3 27.
Rxd3 e5 28. Re3 Rc6 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Kg7 31. h3 h6 32. gxh6+ Rxh6 33. Re3
Rc6 34. Rc3 Rd6 35. Kc2 Kg6 36. Rf3 Rd4 37. Kc3 Re4 38. Kd3 Rb4 39. b3 a5 40.
Kc3 Re4 41. Kd3 Re1 42. Kc4 Re5 43. a4 b6 44. Rd3 f6 45. Rd6 Re4+ 46. Kc3 Re3+
47. Rd3 Re4 48. Rf3 Kg5 49. Rf5+ Kg6 50. Rb5 Re3+ 51. Kc4 Rxh3 52. Rxb6 Rg3 53.
Kb5 Rxb3+ 54. Kxa5 Re3 55. Rb4 Kg5 56. Rc4 Rb3 57. Ka6 f5 58. gxf5 Kxf5 59. Rd4
Ke6 60. a5 Ke7 61. Ka7 Rb1 62. Rd5 Rb2 63. a6 Rb1 64. Ka8 Rb2 65. a7 Rb1 66. Rd2
Rb3 67. Rd1 Rb2 68. Rd3 Rb1 69. Rd5 Rb2 70. Rh5 Kd7 71. Rh8 Kc7 72. Rb8 Rc2 73.
Rb1 Rc3 74. Rb7+ Kc8 75. Rb8+ Kc7 76. Rc8+ Kxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
h4 Nf8 9. h5 Qe7 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Ne3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Bxe3 13. Bxe3 Qb4+ 14. Qd2
Qxb2 15. O-O Qa3 16. f4 Nd7 17. h6 gxh6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Bxh6 Rhg8 20. Nf5 Bxf5
21. Rxf5 Rg6 22. Be3 b6 23. Rg5 Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Rg8 25. c3 Nc5 26. Rf1 Nxd3 27.
Rf7 Qd6 28. Rxh7 Qg6 29. Rh3 Nc5 30. Be3 Nxe4 31. Qc2 Nxc3 32. Qxg6 Rxg6 33.
Bxb6 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 axb6 35. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3
Nf5 16. Rfe1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bb6 21. e6
fxe6 22. Rxe6 Kh8 23. a4 Qc7 24. Rae1 Qf7 25. Qc3 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. a5 Bd8 29. Qb4 Qe7 30. Qf4 Bc7 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. a6 bxa6 34.
Qxa6 Bb6 35. h4 h6 36. Qc4 Qc5 37. Qe2 Kf6 38. g3 Qd5 39. Nh2 h5 40. Nf3 Qe6 41.
Qd2 Qd5 42. Qc3+ Kf5 43. Ng5 Qd4 44. Qc2+ Kg4 45. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
c3 Nb6 9. Na5 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. d4 Bd6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. b4 Qf7 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a6 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Ba7 Ra8 22. Be3 Ne5 23. Kg2 b6 24. f4 bxa5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. bxa5 Rab8 27. c4
Ke6 28. c5 Be7 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Rd1 c6 32. f3 Rb8 33. Kf2 b4 34.
Rb1 Rb5 35. Kg3 h5 36. h4 g6 37. Rb2 Rxa5 38. Rxb4 Ra3 39. Bg1 g5 40. hxg5 Bxg5
41. Rb6 Bf4+ 42. Kg2 Rxa2+ 43. Kh3 Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kc8 45. Rh7 Ra1 46. Bf2 a5 47.
Bg3 a4 48. Bxf4 exf4 49. Ra7 a3 50. Kg2 Kb8 51. Ra4 a2 52. e5 Kc7 53. e6 Kd8 54.
Ra7 h4 55. Kh2 Ke8 56. Kg2 Kf8 57. Kh2 h3 58. Rf7+ Ke8 59. Ra7 Kd8 60. Rd7+ Kc8
61. Ra7 Kb8 62. Ra4 Kc7 63. Ra8 Re1 64. Rxa2 Rxe6 65. Ra4 Re5 66. Rxf4 Rxc5 67.
Kxh3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3
Ng3 16. Rfd1 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Ngf5 18. Na4 f6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Re1 fxe5 21. Nxe5
Ng6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bf4 b5 24. a3 Qh4 25. Be5 Rae8 26. Qc3 Nd6 27. Bg3 Qd8 28.
Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 b4 32. a4 b6 33. h4 Qf6 34. Qg3
Kh7 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. h5 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 gxh5 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Qf5 Qd2 40. Qe6+ Kh7
41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O Nf8 9. c3 Ne6 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. a3 c5 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. Rad1 Qe8 15.
bxc5 Nxc5 16. d4 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Na5 b5 20. dxe5 Bxa3 21. Rc2
fxe5 22. Nxe5 Bb2 23. Rb1 Bxc3 24. Rxb5 a6 25. Rc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc3 Nxe4 27. Rxc7
Rfc8 28. Re7 Re8 29. Rc7 Rac8 30. Ra7 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ra8 32. Rc7 Nd6 33. Nd4 Rac8
34. Rd7 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. O-O-O f6 14. Be3 Kf7
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rhd8 17. Nb5 b6 18. Be3 g5 19. h4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 gxh4 21.
Rh1 Rg8 22. Rxh4 Rxg2 23. Rxh7+ Kg6 24. Rc7 Nb4 25. Rxa7 Rxc2+ 26. Kd1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12401137"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. h4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Be6 16. h5 h6 17. g3 Rac8 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Rh4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rc5
21. Kg2 Rfc8 22. Be2 Rc2 23. Bf3 Rb2 24. Bxd5 Rcc2 25. Rf1 Bxd5+ 26. Rxd5 Rxa2
27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 f6 29. Rxb7 Rc5 30. g4 f5 31. b4 Re5 32. Kf3 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4
Rg5+ 34. Kf3 a5 35. bxa5 Raxa5 36. e4 Rxh5 37. Rg1 Rhg5 38. Rxg5 hxg5 39. Kg4
Kg6 40. Rb6+ Kf7 41. f3 Re5 42. Rd6 Rc5 43. Kh5 Rc3 44. Kg4 Rc5 45. Ra6 Rb5 46.
Ra1 Kg6 47. Rd1 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Rd5 Rxd5 50. exd5 Kf6 51. Kh5 Ke5 52. Kxg5
Kxd5 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Kxg7 Kf4 55. Kf6 Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 f5 14. Bb5 a6
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rhe1 Bg7 17. Nc5 Ke7 18. Nd3 f6 19. f4 e4 20. Nc5 Rhd8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 Bh6 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. N3xe4 Kf7 25. Nb7 Rd5 26. Nbd6+ Kf8 27.
Nxf5 Rxf5 28. a4 Rxf4 29. Nc5 Rc4 30. Nxa6 Rxa4 31. Nb8 Rh4 32. Nxc6 Rxh2 33. b4
Bd2 34. Rf1 Kg7 35. b5 Be3 36. Ne7 Bc5 37. Nd5 Rh4 38. c3 h5 39. b6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Qb3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rfc1 e6 13. Bd3 Nd6 14. Nb5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Na5 16. Qd1 dxc4 17. Nd6 Bd5 18. e4 Bc6 19. b4 Nb7 20. b5 Bd5 21. exd5 Nxd6
22. dxe6 Nxb5 23. a4 Nxd4 24. Bg5 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 fxe6 26. Bxd8 Rxf3 27. gxf3
Bxa1 28. Bg5 Bd4 29. Rxc4 Bc5 30. Be3 Rc8 31. a5 Kf7 32. axb6 axb6 33. Kg2 Ke7
34. h5 gxh5 35. Rh4 Rg8+ 36. Kh3 Rf8 37. Bxc5+ bxc5 38. Rxh5 Rxf3+ 39. Kg4 Rf5
40. Rxh7+ Kd6 41. f4 c4 42. Rh8 c3 43. Rd8+ Kc5 44. Kf3 Kc4 45. Ke3 Rd5 46. Rc8+
Rc5 47. Rb8 Rc6 48. Ke2 Rd6 49. Rc8+ Kb3 50. Rb8+ Ka2 51. Ra8+ Kb2 52. Rb8+ Kc1
53. Rc8 c2 54. Rb8 Rd4 55. Ke3 Rc4 56. Rb6 Kd1 57. Rd6+ Ke1 58. Rxe6 c1=Q+ 59.
Kd3+ Kd1 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rd1 b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. c3 Rc8 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Bc2 e6 15. Nf4
Qe7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. Nd4 a6 19. a4 h5 20. f3 Qf6 21. Qf2 h4 22. b3
d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Be3 Nc6 26. b4 Nd7 27. Bb3 Ne7 28. Ne2 a5 29.
Bd4 Qg5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. f4 Qf6 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Nf8 34. Rbd1 Rxd5 35.
Rxd5 axb4 36. cxb4 Rc2 37. Qe3 Ne6 38. Qe5 Rb2 39. a5 Rxb4 40. axb6 Rxb6 41.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rd2 Rb4 43. Kf2 Nc5 44. Rc2 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Nd6 46. Kf2 Nf5 47. Rd2
Ra4 48. Rc2 Nd6 49. Rc6 Ke6 50. Rc2 Ne4+ 51. Ke3 f5 52. Nd4+ Kd5 53. Nf3 Ra3+
54. Ke2 Nc3+ 55. Kf2 Nd1+ 56. Kg1 Ne3 57. Rd2+ Ke4 58. Rd4# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. d5 gxh4 13. Nxh4 Nf6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Rc1 Rb8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Na4 c5 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Nf5 c4 21. Nxe7+ Kf8
22. Rxc4 Kxe7 23. Qxd6+ Ke8 24. Rc5 Qb4 25. Re5+ Be6 26. Bb5+ Qxb5 27. Rxb5 Rxd6
28. Rxb8+ Ke7 29. Rb7+ Nd7 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Rxa7 Bd5 32. Kf1 h5 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7
34. Nb6+ Kc6 35. Nxd5 Kxd5 36. Ke2 Bf8 37. Kd3 f5 38. f3 Ba3 39. g3 Bd6 40. a4
Bb4 41. h3 Be1 42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 h4 44. e4+ Ke5 45. g5 Ba5 46. Kc4 Bd2 47. g6
Kf6 48. b4 Kxg6 49. a5 Kg5 50. a6 Be3 51. e5 Kf4 52. e6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qe3 a6 7. Nd5 e6 8.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. c3 Qd8 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. a4 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. h4 h6 17. g4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bg3 Bc6 20. f3 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. b4 Be8 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Rd1 Bxh4 27. Bxe5 Bf6
28. Be2 Qe7 29. Bd6 Qa7+ 30. Bc5 Qc7 31. Kg2 h5 32. gxh5 Qe5 33. Qd2 Qxh5 34.
Rh1 Qg6+ 35. Kf2 Be5 36. Rg1 Qf6 37. Qg5 Qxg5 38. Rxg5 Bxc3 39. Be7 Bd4+ 40. Ke1
Be3 41. Rg2 Rc1+ 42. Bd1 f5 43. Rc2 Ra1 44. Rc8 Kf7 45. Rc7 Kg6 46. Ke2 Bf4 47.
Rc5 fxe4 48. Bc2 Ra2 49. fxe4 Kf7 50. Bd8 Bd6 51. Rc3 Bxb4 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Kf3
Ba5 54. Rc8 Bxd8 55. Rxd8 Rxc2 56. Rxe8+ Kf7 57. Rb8 Rc5 58. Kf4 g5+ 59. Kg4 Kf6
60. Rg8 Ke5 61. Rxg5+ Kd4 62. Rg6 Kxe4 63. Rxe6+ Kd3 64. Kf3 b4 65. Rd6+ Kc2 66.
Ke3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O
9. Bd2 a6 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 b5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Ne4 bxc4 14. Bxa5 Qxa5 15. Qxd6
Nf5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 cxb3 19. axb3 Rb8 20. Ne5 Rb5 21. Rc1
Rd8 22. Nc6 Re8 23. Ne4 Rf8 24. g4 Nh4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 Rxb3 27. Ncd6 a5
28. Ra1 a4 29. Rxa4 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 g5 32. Ra7 Nh4+ 33. Kh3 Rf3+ 34.
Ng3 Rxf1 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nxg5 R1xf2 37. Nxf3 Nxf3 38. Ne4 Re2 39. Kg3 Nxh2 40.
Nf6+ Kf8 41. Nxh7+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. e4 Nf1+ 44. Kf4 Ne3 45. Kg5 Nc4 46. Nd7+
Ke8 47. Nc5 Nd6 48. Kf6 Nxe4+ 49. Nxe4 Rxe4 50. g5 Rf4+ 51. Kg7 e5 52. g6 e4 53.
Kh6 e3 54. g7 Rg4 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Rf8+ Ke6 57. g8=Q+ Rxg8 58. Rxg8 Kf5 59. Kh5
Kf4 60. Kh4 e2 61. Re8 Kf3 62. Kh3 Kf2 63. Rxe2+ Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3
Qd7 16. Rfe1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng6 19. Bd2 f6 20. e6 Qd6 21. Re2 Rfe8
22. Rae1 Re7 23. Qb3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. g3 Qd6 26. a3 Ba5 27. Rd1 Rae8 28.
Nh4 Qb8 29. Qa4 Qd8 30. b4 Bb6 31. Rde1 g6 32. b5 Qd6 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Ng2 Rxe6
35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Nf4 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qxd4 40. Qc2 Kf7
41. Qe2 Qe4 42. Qd1 Ke7 43. h4 Kd6 44. h5 g5 45. Nd3 c5 46. Qd2 c4 47. Qb4+ Kc6
48. Qa4+ Kc7 49. Nb4 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qxf2+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kg4 Qe2+ 53. Kf5 Qe5+
54. Kg4 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Simagin's improved variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 b6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15.
f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 c5 17. c4 Nb7 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. Rde1 Be5 20. a4 a5 21. Kh1 Re8
22. Ne2 Qh4 23. Bf4 f6 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Ng1 Qe7 26. Nf3 Bg4 27. Nd2 Rf8 28. Qb2
Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rb8 30. h3 Bd7 31. Nf3 Nf7 32. Bc2 Qd6 33. Ne1 Re8 34. Nd3 Kg7
35. Rb1 Rb8 36. Qc3 h5 37. Kg1 Qe7 38. Rf1 Re8 39. Qb2 Qd6 40. Rf3 Ng5 41. Re3
Nf7 42. Bd1 Rb8 43. Ne1 Re8 44. Rg3 Kh7 45. Qf2 Rf8 46. Rf3 Kg7 47. Nd3 Qe7 48.
Bc2 h4 49. Bd1 g5 50. Qb2 Qd6 51. Rf1 Re8 52. Bh5 Re7 53. Bxf7 Rxf7 54. Rxf7+
Kxf7 55. Nxe5+ Ke8 56. Nxd7 Kxd7 57. e5 Qg6 58. e6+ Ke7 59. Qxb6 Qe4 60. Qxc5+
Kf6 61. Qf8+ Kg6 62. Qf7+ Kh6 63. Qf6+ Kh7 64. Qxg5 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qe3 e6 7. b3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qc5 11. Qe2 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Ne4 Ke7 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Ke2 Rhg8 19. g3 Ne5 20. Qf4 Rg6 21.
Rhd1 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Qe5 23. Qe3 f5 24. Nd6 Qxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Bc6 26. c5 Rh6 27. h4
f4+ 28. Kxf4 Rf6+ 29. Ke3 Rf3+ 30. Kd4 Rxf2 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 f6 33. g4 e5+
34. Kc4 Ke6 35. g5 Rf8 36. gxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kd3 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kh5 40.
Nc4 Kxh4 41. Nxe5 Kg3 42. Nc4 h5 43. Nd6 h4 44. Nf5+ Kg4 45. Nh6+ Kg5 46. Nf7+
Kf6 47. Nh6 Kg5 48. Nf7+ Kg6 49. Ne5+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Hammerschlag (Fried fox/Pork chop opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. f3 e5 2. Kf2 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Ne7 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. exd4 Nf5 8. Ne2
Bd6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Bc2 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf4 Nce7 15.
Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne3 Bf5 17. Nf4 c6 18. Re1 Qh6 19. h4 Qf6 20. Bxf5 Nexf5 21. Ng4
Qd8 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. b3 Qb5 24. a4 Qxb3 25. Reb1 Qc4 26. Qd2 a5 27. Ne5 Qa6 28.
h5 f6 29. Ned3 Nc4 30. Qa2 b6 31. g4 Nfd6 32. Re1 Qb7 33. Ne6 Qd7 34. Ndf4 Re7
35. Re2 Rae8 36. Rae1 Nf7 37. Qb1 Ng5 38. Nxg5 fxg5 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. Nd3 Re6
41. Ne5 Qe7 42. Re2 h6 43. Qf5 Rf6 44. Qc8+ Qf8 45. Qxf8+ Rxf8 46. Nxc6 Kf7 47.
Re7+ Kf6 48. Rd7 Rc8 49. Ne7 Ke6 50. Ra7 Rf8 51. Nf5 Rf7 52. Nxg7+ Kf6 53. Rxf7+
Kxf7 54. Nf5 Nb2 55. Ke2 Nxa4 56. Nxh6+ Kf6 57. Kd3 Nb2+ 58. Kc2 Nc4 59. Nf5 b5
60. h6 Kg6 61. Ne7+ Kxh6 62. Nxd5 Kg6 63. Nc7 Nd6 64. Kb3 Kf6 65. Nd5+ Ke6 66.
Ne3 Kd7 67. Ng2 Kc6 68. f4 Ne4 69. fxg5 Nxg5 70. Nf4 Ne4 71. Nh3 a4+ 72. Kb4 a3
73. Kxa3 Nxc3 74. g5 Kd5 75. g6 Ne4 76. Ng5 Nf6 77. Nf3 Ke4 78. g7 Kf5 79. Ne5
Kg5 80. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Re1
Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 c5 13. dxc5 Nb4 14. Bxe6 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Nxc2 16. Ra2 fxe6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Rf1 Nd4 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Ba3 Bh6 21. Nc4
Nxb3 22. g3 Rd4 23. Rc2 Nd2 24. Nxd2 Bxd2 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Rb3 Kf7 27. Rcb2 Bc1
28. Rb1 Bxa3 29. Rxa3 e5 30. Rb5 Rc4 31. Rxa5 R7xc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. a5 h5 34.
h4 Kf6 35. a6 bxa6 36. Rxa6+ e6 37. Ra4 Kf5 38. Ra2 e4 39. Kg2 e5 40. Ra3 Rc2
41. Rb3 Rd2 42. Kf1 Rd3 43. Rb1 e3 44. Ke2 Ra3 45. f3 Ra2+ 46. Kxe3 Rg2 47. Rb8
Rxg3 48. Rf8+ Ke6 49. Ke4 Rh3 50. Re8+ Kf6 51. Rf8+ Kg7 52. Ra8 Rxh4+ 53. Kxe5
Rb4 54. f4 h4 55. Rc8 h3 56. Rc2 Rb5+ 57. Ke4 Rh5 58. Rh2 Kf6 59. Kf3 Kf5 60.
Kg3 Rh8 61. Kf3 Ra8 62. Kg3 Ra3+ 63. Kh4 Kxf4 64. Rf2+ Rf3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
e4 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Nc2 Raa8 18. Kf1 Bb5+ 19. Ke1 Bd3 20. Ne3 Bxe4
21. f3 Bc6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. Rac1 f6 25. Nd3 Bb3 26. Rd2 Rac8 27. Bb4
Bxb4 28. axb4 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Bc4 31. b3 Bd5 32. Ne2 Bxb3 33. Nc3
Bc4 34. f4 h5 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. g3 Kg6 37. Ne4 Kf5 38. Nd6+ Kg4 39. Ne8 g6 40.
Nxf6+ Kh3 41. Nd7 Kxh2 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Nf8 e5 44. fxe5 g5 45. e6 h4 46. g4 Kh3
47. e7 Bc6 48. Ng6 Bd7 49. Ne5 Be8 50. Kf3 Kh2 51. Kf2 Kh3 52. Kf3 Kh2 53. Kf2
Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. c4 a5
16. b5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Ra3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Re6 20. Rae3 b6 21. g3 Nd7 22. f4
Re8 23. Qg4 Nc5 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Bxc5 Qxg4 26. hxg4 dxc5 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Rd5 Ne7
29. Rdd3 f6 30. e5 f5 31. g5 Ng6 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 h5 35. Rd5
Rxd5 36. cxd5 Rd8 37. Rd3 Ne7 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. d6 cxd6 40. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 c5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Qd6 13. b4 Na6 14. b5 Nc7
15. a4 Rb8 16. O-O b6 17. Bb2 f5 18. Bc6 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. d4 exd4 21. exd4
Ne6 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rad1 Qg6 24. Rfe1 Kh7 25. Rd5 f4 26. Qxg6+ Kxg6 27. Ba3
Rf5 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. Rc4 Rd5 30. Bxc5 Rdxc5 31. Rxf4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra1
Rc5 34. f3 a6 35. bxa6 Ra5 36. Rb1 Rxa6 37. Rb4 Kf5 38. g4+ Ke5 39. Kf2 g5 40.
Kg3 Kd5 41. h4 Kc6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Rxf4 Kd5 45. g5 Ke5 46. Kg4
Ra8 47. g6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Nc8 9. a4 Ncb6 10. a5 Nc4 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Re1 Kf7 15.
Qe2 Nf8 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Bf4 g5 18. b3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. Qh5
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. Nd3 Ng6 24. Re3 Qd7 25. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Be6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. d3 Qe7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Bc3 a4 14. h4 Rfe8
15. h5 Qe6 16. Rh4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Nd8 18. g4 f6 19. g5 b5 20. Rg4 f5 21. Rg1 c5
22. g6 h6 23. Nh4 Rf8 24. e4 fxe4 25. dxe4 Ne6 26. Nf5 Bc7 27. O-O-O Nd4 28. f4
Ne2+ 29. Kc2 Nxg1 30. Rd7 Rxf5 31. exf5 Ne2 32. Rxc7 Nxc3 33. Kxc3 exf4 34. Rxc5
f3 35. f6 gxf6 36. Rxb5 Rc8+ 37. Kd3 Re8 38. Rf5 Re5 39. Rxf3 Rxh5 40. Rxf6 Rb5
41. Kc3 Rc5+ 42. Kd3 Rb5 43. Kc2 Rc5+ 44. Kd3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f6 8.
Qf3 Nc7 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2+ Ne6 12. Nxe6 dxe6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2
Kf7 15. O-O-O a6 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rhe1 Qd5 19. f3 h5 20. d4 cxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qf5 22. Ng3 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Qe5 24. Re4 Qb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Rxe6 Rae8 27. h4
Bd8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. fxe4 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. c4
bxc4 34. bxc4 Bxh4 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Kd3 Kc6 37. a4 Bg3 38. Bd4 Bd6 39. Bf2 Bc7
40. Be3 Bd6 41. Bf2 Bc7 42. Be3 Bd6 43. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 cxd4
9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Ne7 14. Bf4 Nf5 15.
Ne2 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Bxb7 Rae8 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rfd1 Re7 20. Bg2 Ba4 21. b3
Bb5 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Be5 f6 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. d5 e5 26. Bc1 Nd4 27. Be3 f5 28. Rac1
Bb7 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Na4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 b5 32. Nc5 Bxd5 33. Bxd4 Bxg2 34. Bxe5
Bxe5 35. Kxg2 Rd2 36. Ne6 Kf7 37. Rc6 Rxa2 38. Nd8+ Kg7 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. Nc6 Bd6
41. Rxb5 f4 42. g4 Rd2 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rh3 45. g5+ hxg5 46. hxg5+ Ke6 47.
Nd4+ Kd7 48. Rb7+ 1-0

